senium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ni.um/, [ˈs̠ɛniʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ni.um/, [ˈsɛːnium]
Etymology 1
From seneō (“I am weak, feeble”).
Noun
senium n (genitive seniī or senī); second declension
- feebleness of age, decline, debility
- (rare) old man
- 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
Etymology 2
From senex (“old”).
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- senium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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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