senaculum

Latin

Etymology

From senātus +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈnaː.ku.lum/, [s̠ɛˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈna.ku.lum/, [seˈnäːkulum]

Noun

senāculum n (genitive senāculī); second declension

1. (originally) place in the Forum for meetings of the Roman Senate
2. a council hall of the Senate

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	senāculum	senācula
Genitive	senāculī	senāculōrum
Dative	senāculō	senāculīs
Accusative	senāculum	senācula
Ablative	senāculō	senāculīs
Vocative	senāculum	senācula

Related terms

• senātor
• senātōrius
• senātrīx
• senātus
• senex

References

• “senaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “senaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• senaculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• senaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “senaculum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press