Seneca

See also: Séneca

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnəkə/

Etymology 1

From Latin Seneca.

Proper noun

Seneca

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

Translations

Roman cognomen

Armenian: Սենեկա (Seneka)
French: Sénèque (fr) m
Old French: Seneque
Italian: Seneca m

Latin: Seneca m
Polish: Seneka m
Russian: Се́нека (Séneka)
Spanish: Séneca (es) m

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Seneca

A tribe of native Americans in western New York state.
The Iroquoian language of the Seneca.
A city in and the county seat of Nemaha County, Kansas, USA
A town in Ontario County, New York, in the United States.

Derived terms

Translations

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

Noun

Seneca (plural Senecas)

A person of Seneca heritage.

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Seneca, see

Anagrams

Neaces, acenes, encase, scæne, seance, séance

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Seneca.

Proper noun

Seneca m

Seneca (Roman philosopher)

Latin

Proper noun

Seneca m (genitive Senecae); first declension

Seneca (Roman philosopher)

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Seneca	Senecae
genitive	Senecae	Senecārum
dative	Senecae	Senecīs
accusative	Senecam	Senecās
ablative	Senecā	Senecīs
vocative	Seneca	Senecae

Descendants

English: Seneca
Italian: Seneca

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

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