senium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ni.um/, [ˈs̠ɛ.ni.ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ni.um/, [ˈsɛː.ni.um]

Etymology 1

From seneō (“I am weak, feeble”).

Noun

senium n (genitive seniī or senī); second declension

1. feebleness of age, decline, debility
2. (rare) old man
3. peevishness, chagrin, mortification, grief

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	senium	senia
Genitive	seniī senī1	seniōrum
Dative	seniō	seniīs
Accusative	senium	senia
Ablative	seniō	seniīs
Vocative	senium	senia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• senex

Etymology 2

From senex (“old”).

Adjective

senium

1. genitive masculine plural of senex
2. genitive feminine plural of senex
3. genitive neuter plural of senex

Noun

senium

1. genitive plural of senex

References

• senium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• senium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• senium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• senium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be worn out by old age: senectute, senio confectum esse