Seneca

Seneca f

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

• Seneca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnɪkə/

From Latin Seneca.

Seneca

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

• Senecan

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

Seneca (plural Senecas or Seneca)

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

• Note: These translations are for the plural form.

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.

• “Seneca”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Seneca”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Seneca” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

• Ethnologue entry for Seneca, see ⁠

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

From Latin Seneca.

Seneca m

1. Seneca (Roman philosopher)

• Cesena, cesena

From senex (“old”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ne.ka/, [ˈs̠ɛnɛkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ne.ka/, [ˈsɛːnekä]

Seneca m (genitive Senecae); first declension

1. Seneca (Roman philosopher)

First-declension noun.

• English: Seneca
• Italian: Seneca

• “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.