senium
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ni.um/, [ˈs̠ɛ.ni.ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ni.um/, [ˈsɛː.ni.um]
Etymology 1[edit]
From seneō (“I am weak, feeble”).
Noun[edit]
senium n (genitive seniī or senī); second declension
- feebleness of age, decline, debility
- (rare) old man
- peevishness, chagrin, mortification, grief
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From senex (“old”).
Adjective[edit]
senium
- genitive masculine plural of senex
- genitive feminine plural of senex
- genitive neuter plural of senex
Noun[edit]
senium
References[edit]
- 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
- (ambiguous) to be worn out by old age: senectute, senio confectum esse
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