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

Latin

Alternative forms

• senaciō, senectiō

Etymology

From senex (“old”) +‎ -iō (nickname-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seneciō (old man)

Seneciō vulgāris

seneciō m (genitive seneciōnis); third declension

1. an old man
2. 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

Synonyms

• (old man): senex, senica/seneca, senicus/ senecus, vetulus, veclus (non-standard), pappus/pāpus
• (old man, Medieval Latin): veglō, vegliō, veglōnus

Related terms

• seneō
• senēscō
• senex
• sēmisenex
• persenex
• Seneca
• senīlis
• senīliter
• senāculum
• senātor
• senātōrius
• senātrīx
• senātus
• senectūs
• senecta
• senium

Descendants

• Catalan: xenixell
• 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.