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

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Latin

Etymology

From senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seˈne.ki.oː/, [s̠ɛˈnɛkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈne.t͡ʃi.o/, [seˈnɛːt͡ʃio]

Noun

seneciō (old man)

seneciō m (genitive seneciōnis); third declension

1. an old man

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seneciō	seneciōnēs
Genitive	seneciōnis	seneciōnum
Dative	seneciōnī	seneciōnibus
Accusative	seneciōnem	seneciōnēs
Ablative	seneciōne	seneciōnibus
Vocative	seneciō	seneciōnēs

Synonyms

• (old man): senex, veglō (Mediaeval)

Related terms

• senāculum
• senātor
• senātōrius
• senātrīx
• senātus
• senectus

• seneō
• senēscō
• senex
• senīlis
• senīliter
• senium

Noun

seneciō (groundsel)

seneciō m (genitive seneciōnis); third declension

1. groundsel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seneciō	seneciōnēs
Genitive	seneciōnis	seneciōnum
Dative	seneciōnī	seneciōnibus
Accusative	seneciōnem	seneciōnēs
Ablative	seneciōne	seneciōnibus
Vocative	seneciō	seneciōnēs

Descendants

• 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’s 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.