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senibus

senibus is a Latin form of senex, meaning “old man; old”. It is the ablative plural masculine adjective.

Found 72 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In Catilinam 2.5: … . Quintus Metellus habuit, et his copiis quae a nobis cotidie comparantur, magno opere contemno, conlectum ex senibus desperatis, ex agresti luxuria, ex rusticis decoctoribus, ex eis qui vadimonia deserere quam illum exercitum …

Cicero, De Officiis 1.123: Senibus autem labores corporis minuendi, exercitationes animi etiam augendae videntur; danda vero opera, ut et amicos …

All forms of senex (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.