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seniorum

seniorum is a Latin form of senex, meaning “old man; old”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of senium, “old age, decline; gloom”.

Found 31 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.4: … nt ab ictu telorum remiges tuti; has sagittariis tormentisque compleverunt. Tali modo instructa classe omnium seniorum, matrum familiae, virginum precibus et fletu excitati, extremo tempore civitati subveniret, non minore animo …

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.13.1: SENIORUM hominum et Romae nobilium atque in morum disciplinarumque veterum doctrina memoriaque praestantium disceptati …

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.