senium

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From seneō (“I am weak, feeble”).

Noun

senium n (genitive seniī); second declension

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

Second declension.

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

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be worn out by old age: senectute, senio confectum esse
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