senecio

See also: Senecio

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

senecio (plural senecios)

1. (botany) Any of the plants of the genus Senecio.

Related terms

• seneciosis

Latin

Alternative forms

• senaciō, senectiō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sénosder.

Proto-Italic *senos

Proto-Italic *seneks

Latin senex

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Latin -iō

Latin seneciō

From senex (“old”) + -iō (nickname-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈnɛ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈnɛː.t͡ʃi.o]

Noun

seneciō (old man)

Seneciō vulgāris

seneciō m (genitive seneciōnis); third declension

1. an old man
2. groundsel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	seneciō	seneciōnēs
genitive	seneciōnis	seneciōnum
dative	seneciōnī	seneciōnibus
accusative	seneciōnem	seneciōnēs
ablative	seneciōne	seneciōnibus
vocative	seneciō	seneciōnēs

Synonyms

• (old man): senex, senica/seneca, senicus/ senecus, vetulus, veclus (non-standard), pappus/pāpus
• (old man, Medieval Latin): veglō, vegliō, veglōnus

Related terms

• persenex
• sēmisenex
• senāculum
• senātor
• senātōrius
• senātrīx
• senātus
• Seneca
• senecta
• senectūs
• seneō
• senēscō
• senex
• senīlis
• senīliter
• senium

Descendants

• Catalan: xenixell
• Spanish: zuzón/suzón (possibly)
• Translingual: Senecio

References

• “senecio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "senecio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “senecio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.