senilis

Latin

Etymology

From senex (“old”) +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈniː.lis/, [s̠ɛˈniːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈni.lis/, [seˈniːlis]

Adjective

senīlis (neuter senīle, adverb senīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or pertaining to old people; aged, senile

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	senīlis	senīle		senīlēs	senīlia
Genitive	senīlis			senīlium
Dative	senīlī			senīlibus
Accusative	senīlem	senīle		senīlēs senīlīs	senīlia
Ablative	senīlī			senīlibus
Vocative	senīlis	senīle		senīlēs	senīlia

Derived terms

• senīliter

Related terms

• senāculum
• senātus
• seneciō
• senectus
• seneō
• senēscō
• senex
• senium

Descendants

• Catalan: senil
• Italian: senile
• Old French: senile
  • French: sénile
    • → English: senile
• Portuguese: senil
• Romanian: senil
• Spanish: senil

References

• “senilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “senilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• senilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.