Seneca

See also: Séneca

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnəkə/

Etymology 1

From Latin Seneca.

Proper noun

Seneca

1. A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Roman stoic philosopher, dramatist, and statesman.

Translations

Roman cognomen

• Armenian: Սենեկա (Seneka)
• French: Sénèque (fr) m

  Old French: Seneque

• Italian: Seneca m
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• Latin: Seneca m
• Polish: Seneka m
• Russian: Се́нека (Séneka)
• Spanish: Séneca (es) m

Etymology 2

From Dutch Sennecaas, from Algonquian (probably Mahican [Term?]).

Noun

Seneca (plural Senecas or Seneca)

1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans in western New York state.

Derived terms

• Seneca County
• Seneca grass (Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens))
• Seneca oil
• Seneca root ()
• Seneca snakeroot ()

Translations

• Note: These translations are for the plural form.

tribe

• Catalan: seneca
• Danish: seneca
• Finnish: senecat
• French: Tsonnontouan, Sénécas
• German: Seneca
• Italian: seneca
• Macedonian: сенека (seneka)
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• Norwegian: senecaene
• Polish: senekowie
• Portuguese: senecas
• Seneca: Onödowá'ga:
• Serbo-Croatian: seneca
• Spanish: seneca

Proper noun

Seneca

1. The Iroquoian language of the Seneca people.
2. A city, the county seat of Nemaha County, Kansas, United States
3. A town in Ontario County, New York, United States.

References

• “Seneca”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Seneca”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Seneca” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Seneca, see ⁠

Anagrams

• Neaces, acenes, encase, scenae, scæne, seance, séance

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Seneca.

Proper noun

Seneca m

1. Seneca (Roman philosopher)

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Latin

Proper noun

Seneca m (genitive Senecae); first declension

1. Seneca (Roman philosopher)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Seneca	Senecae
Genitive	Senecae	Senecārum
Dative	Senecae	Senecīs
Accusative	Senecam	Senecās
Ablative	Senecā	Senecīs
Vocative	Seneca	Senecae

Descendants

• English: Seneca
• Italian: Seneca

References

• “Seneca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Seneca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.