Latin

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.

Related terms

• senex

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “senium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be worn out by old age: senectute, senio confectum esse