Seneca

See also: Séneca

Translingual

Proper noun

Seneca f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – synonym of Acrobasis; snout moths.

References

• Seneca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnɪkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

From Latin Seneca.

Proper noun

Seneca

1. A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Roman stoic philosopher, dramatist, and statesman.

Derived terms

• Senecan

Translations

Roman cognomen

• Armenian: Սենեկա (Seneka)
• Bulgarian: Се́нека m (Séneka)
• French: Sénèque (fr) m

  Old French: Seneque

• Greek: Σενέκας (el) (Senékas)
• Hungarian: Seneca (hu)
• Italian: Seneca m
• Latin: Seneca m
• Polish: Seneka m
• Russian: Се́нека (Séneka)
• Spanish: Séneca (es) m

Etymology 2

From Dutch Sennecaas, from Algonquian (probably Mahican [Term?]).

Noun

Seneca (plural Senecas or Seneca)

1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans in western New York state.

Derived terms

• Seneca County
• Seneca Falls
• Seneca grass (Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens))
• Seneca oil
• Seneca root (Polygala senega)
• Seneca snakeroot (Polygala senega)

Translations

• Note: These translations are for the plural form.

tribe

• Catalan: seneca
• Danish: seneca
• Finnish: senecat
• French: Tsonnontouan, Sénécas
• German: Seneca
• Italian: seneca
• Macedonian: сенека (seneka)
• Norwegian: senecaene
• Polish: senekowie
• Portuguese: senecas
• Seneca: Onödowá'ga:
• Serbo-Croatian: seneca
• Spanish: seneca
• Unami: Menkwe

Proper noun

Seneca

1. The Iroquoian language of the Seneca people.
2. A number of places in the United States, including:
   1. A city, the county seat of Nemaha County, Kansas.
   2. A town in Ontario County, New York.
   3. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
   4. A town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
   5. A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
   6. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.
   7. A river in New York; tributary of the Oswego.
   8. A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri (2), and Ohio (3), listed under Seneca Township.

Derived terms

• West Seneca

References

• “Seneca”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
• “Seneca”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Seneca”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Seneca, see ⁠

See also

• Seneca Village

Anagrams

• Neaces, acenes, censae, encase, scenae, scæne, seance, séance

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Seneca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ne.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛneka
• Hyphenation: Sè‧ne‧ca

Proper noun

Seneca m

1. Seneca (Roman philosopher)

Anagrams

• Cesena, cesena

Latin

Etymology

From senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.nɛ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ne.ka]

Proper noun

Seneca m (genitive Senecae); first declension

1. Seneca (Roman philosopher)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Seneca	Senecae
genitive	Senecae	Senecārum
dative	Senecae	Senecīs
accusative	Senecam	Senecās
ablative	Senecā	Senecīs
vocative	Seneca	Senecae

Descendants

• English: Seneca
• Ancient Greek: Σενέκας (Senékas)
• Italian: Seneca
• Spanish: Séneca

References

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