Senecio

See also: senecio

Translingual

Senecio vulgaris

Etymology

From Latin seneciō (“groundsel”).

Proper noun

Senecio m

1. 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 – selected other species; for others of the numerous species see Senecio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Derived terms

• Dendrosenecio
• Nemosenecio
• Parasenecio
• Scapisenecio
• Sinosenecio

References

• Senecio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Senecio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Senecio on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Senecio at USDA Plants database

Latin

Etymology

From seneciō (“old man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seˈne.ki.oː/, [s̠ɛˈnɛkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈne.t͡ʃi.o/, [seˈnɛːt͡ʃio]

Proper noun

Seneciō m sg (genitive Seneciōnis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Herennius Senecio, a Roman writer

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
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.