senior
senior
adj.
P. and V. πρεσβύ̄τερος.
Be senior, v.: P. and V. πρεσβεύειν.
adj.
P. and V. πρεσβύ̄τερος.
Be senior, v.: P. and V. πρεσβεύειν.
SENIOR
major natu: or major only (opposed to minor natu): prior: superior (the one who lived first).
major natu: or major only (opposed to minor natu): prior: superior (the one who lived first).
senior (adj.):
I. Literally, more advanced in age: natu mājor: who was Plautus's s., qui fuit major n. quam Plautus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3: I have heard from my s.s, i. e. those of a preceding generation, audivi ex majoribus n., Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109. Also without natu: the s. of two sons, ex duobus filiis m., Caes. B. C. 3, 108: v.OLD (I. 2).
II. In technical sense, only pl.: the seniors, sĕniōres: opp. juniores, Liv. 1, 43 (centuriae seniorum juniorumque): Cic.: Hor. (N.B.--Not used in sense I.)
I. Literally, more advanced in age: natu mājor: who was Plautus's s., qui fuit major n. quam Plautus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3: I have heard from my s.s, i. e. those of a preceding generation, audivi ex majoribus n., Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109. Also without natu: the s. of two sons, ex duobus filiis m., Caes. B. C. 3, 108: v.
II. In technical sense, only pl.: the seniors, sĕniōres: opp. juniores, Liv. 1, 43 (centuriae seniorum juniorumque): Cic.: Hor. (N.B.--Not used in sense I.)