senectus

See also: Senectus

Latin

Etymology 1

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

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

Adjective

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

  1. aged, very old
Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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 senectīs senectīs
Accusative senectum senectam senectum senectōs senectās senecta
Ablative senectō senectā senectō senectīs senectīs senectīs
Vocative senecte senecta senectum senectī senectae senecta
Derived terms

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative senectūs senectūtēs
Genitive senectūtis senectūtum
Dative senectūtī senectūtibus
Accusative senectūtem senectūtēs
Ablative senectūte senectūtibus
Vocative senectūs senectūtēs
Synonyms
Descendants

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)
  • senectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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
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