English → Latin
“precentor” in Latin
praecentora leadermoderorto set a measure or bounds to; moderate, mitigate, allay, qualify.; to restrain; to manage, arrange, regulate, rule, guicanōto sing, recite, play; to sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call; to foretell, predict, prophesymodusmeasure; bound, limit, end; manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), method
The English word precentor itself goes back to Latin canō, through praecentor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
precentor
praecentor (Apul.); *qui regit, moderator, cantum. To be a precentor, *cantum regere, moderari; *praeire cantu, modis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for precentor?
- The usual Latin words for “precentor” are praecentor, moderor, canō; also modus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.