senecio

See also: Senecio

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

senecio (plural senecios)

  1. (botany) Any of the plants of the genus Senecio.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • senaciō, senectiō

Etymology

From senex (old) +‎ -iō (nickname-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

seneciō m (genitive seneciōnis); third declension

  1. an old man
  2. groundsel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative seneciō seneciōnēs
genitive seneciōnis seneciōnum
dative seneciōnī seneciōnibus
accusative seneciōnem seneciōnēs
ablative seneciōne seneciōnibus
vocative seneciō seneciōnēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: xenixell
  • Spanish: zuzón/suzón (possibly)
  • Translingual: Senecio

References

  • senecio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "senecio", 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)
  • senecio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.