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senectus

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See also: Senectus

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From senex (old) +‎ -tus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. aged, very old
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative senectus senecta senectum senectī senectae senecta
genitive senectī senectae senectī senectōrum senectārum senectōrum
dative senectō senectae senectō senectīs
accusative senectum senectam senectum senectōs senectās senecta
ablative senectō senectā senectō senectīs
vocative senecte senecta senectum senectī senectae senecta
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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senectūs f (genitive senectūtis); third declension

  1. old age, senility
    Synonym: senecta
    Antonyms: iuventās, iuventa, iuventūs
    • 1781, C. W. Kindleben, Gaudeamus igitur:
      Post molestam senectutem
      "After a troubling old age"
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Descendants
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  • Italian: senettute
  • Spanish: senectud

References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • senectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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