Senecio
See also: senecio
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin seneciō (“groundsel”).
Proper noun
Senecio m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – groundsel or ragwort.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Senecioneae - tribe; Senecioninae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Senecio vulgaris (common groundsel) – type species; Senecio cambrensis, Senecio angulatus, Senecio pinnatifolius, Senecio sylvaticus – selected other species; for others of the numerous species see Senecio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Derived terms
References
- Senecio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Senecio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Senecio on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Senecio at USDA Plants database
Latin
Etymology
From seneciō (“old man”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛˈnɛ.ki.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈnɛː.t͡ʃi.o]
Proper noun
Seneciō m sg (genitive Seneciōnis); third declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Herennius Senecio, a Roman writer
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Seneciō |
genitive | Seneciōnis |
dative | Seneciōnī |
accusative | Seneciōnem |
ablative | Seneciōne |
vocative | Seneciō |
References
- “Senecio2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Senecio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.