Senecio

See also: senecio

Translingual

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, Senecio angulatus, Senecio pinnatifolius, Senecio sylvaticus – 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
• 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

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

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	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.