Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈnek.tus/, [sɛˈnɛk.tʊs]

Adjective

senectus m ‎(feminine senecta, neuter senectum); first/second declension

1. aged, very old

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• senecta
• Senectus ‎(“the name of the Roman God of old age”)

Etymology 2

From senex ‎(“old”) +‎ -tūs ‎(abstract noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈnek.tuːs/, [sɛˈnɛk.tuːs]

Noun

senectūs f ‎(genitive senectūtis); third declension

1. old age
   • 1781, C. W. Kindleben, Gaudeamus igitur

     Post molestam senectutem

     "After a troubling old age"

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (old age): senecta

Descendants

• Spanish: senectud

References

• senectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• senectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SENECTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “senectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be worn out by old age: senectute, senio confectum esse
    
  • to live to a very great age: ad summam senectutem pervenire
    
  • old age creeps on us insensibly: senectus nobis obrēpit