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senis

senis is a Latin form of senex, meaning “old man; old”. It is the genitive singular masculine adjective.

Found 157 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.15.3: Ita dies circiter XV iter fecerunt uti inter novissimum hostium agmen et nostrum primum non amplius quinis aut senis milibus passuum interesset.

Terence, Phormio 1.2.63: Senis nostri, Dave, fratrem maiorem Chremem

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.