Logeion | senium

sĕnĭum, ii, n. [seneo, II.].

Lit., the feebleness of age, decline, decay, debility (cf. senectus; class.): tardigemulo senio oppressum, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 3: opus perfectum, quod omni morbo seniove careret, Cic. Univ. 5 fin.; (with aegritudo) id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; cf.: senio debilis, Phaedr. 3, epil. 16: senio vel aliquā corporis labe insignes, Suet. Aug. 38: senio confectos gladiatores, id. Calig. 26 fin.: senium Galbae et juventa Othonis, Tac. H. 1, 22: principis, id. ib. 2, 1: curvata senio membra, id. A. 1, 34: fessus senio, id. ib. 2, 42: fluxa senio mens, id. ib. 6, 38; cf.: torpor mentis ac senium, Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4; Sil. 16, 14: ita se ipse (mundus) consumptione et senio alebat sui, by its own consumption and decay, Cic. Univ. 6: lunae, i. e. waning, Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 155: lentae velut tabis, Liv. 7, 22, 5: senium repellere templis, decay, Sil. 3, 20: senium defendere famae, the growing old, passing away, Stat. Th. 9, 318: passus est leges istas situ atque senio emori, Gell. 20, 1, 10.—
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- A Concr., an old man, old fellow (very rare; anteclass. as an epithet of abuse): senex ad aetatem refertur, senium ad convicium. Sic Lucilius ait: At quidem te senium atque insulse sophista, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 302. And on account of its personal signif. with a masc. pron.: ut illum di deaeque senium perdant, qui hodie me remoratus est, Ter. l. l. (cf. scortum, II. fin.).—Once in Silius, without an odious access. signif., for senex, Sil. 8, 467.—
- B (Effectus pro causā.) Peevishness, moroseness; vexation, chagrin, mortification; grief, trouble, affliction produced by decay (syn.: maeror, aegritudo, etc.; class.): mors amici subigit, quae mihi est senium multo acerrimum, Att. ap. Non. 2, 23: hae res mihi dividiae et senio sunt, Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 19 (19); cf.: id illi senio est, id. Truc. 2, 5, 13 (460): odio ac senio mihi nuptiae, Turp. ap. Non. 2, 33: luget senatus, maeret equester ordo, tota civitas confecta senio est, Cic. Mil. 8, 20: senio et maerore consumptus, Liv. 40, 54; Pers. 6, 16: surge et inhumanae senium depone Camenae, peevishness, moroseness, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 47; cf.: triste morum, Sen. Hippol. 917: en pallor seniumque! Pers. 1, 26.—Plur.: quot pestes, senia et jurgia emigrarunt, Titin. ap. Non. 2, 18.☞ The words ille senius, in Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 154, are doubtless corrupt; v. Orell. and Ellendt ad loc.

senium, iī, n. (senex), das (hohe) Alter, die Betagtheit als Altersschwäche, Entkräftung, I) eig. u. übtr.: a) eig.: senium et orbitas principis, Tac.: omni morbo seniove carere, Cic.: senio confectus, Suet.: anus quaedam curvata gravi senio, Apul.: curvata senio membra, Tac. – b) übtr., das Hinschwinden, Abnehmen, Verfallen, der Verfall, lunae, Plin.: lentae velut tabis, Liv.: senio proficiens vini eius vita, Plin.: famae, Veralten, Schwinden, Stat.: mundus se ipse consumptione et senio alebat sui, Cic.: passus enim est leges istas se tam immodico supplicio situ atque senio emori, als gleichs. vermodert außer Kraft traten u. ausstarben (= gänzlich in Vergessenheit gerieten), Gell. – II) meton.: 1) abstrakt: a) das finstere Wesen, der finstere Ernst, Camenae, Hor.: morum, Sen. poët. – b) der Verdruß, das Ärgernis, id illi senio est, Plaut.: tota civitas confecta senio est, Leidwesen, Cic. – c) die Trägheit, Sen. de ben. 7, 26, 4. Sil. 16, 14. – 2) konkret: a) der Alte, als Schmähwort, te, senium atque insulse sophista, Lucil.: illum, senium, Ter. – ohne gehässigen Nebenbegriff, aequabat senium, Sil. 8, 467. – b) alter Schmutz, Sil. 3, 20.

1 senium v. senex

2 senium [CL] 1 condition of old age, dotage. corpora dum senio corrumpit fessa vetustas Aldh. Aen. 57 (Aquila) 6; cum longo confectus ~io sciret imminere diem recessus sui Bede Hom. I 9. 47B; si ‥ litteralibus studiis aut pro ~io vel etiam pro nimia inusitati ingenii tarditate proficere non valeret Asser Alf. 106; imbecilles autem appellantur qui vel ~io confecti, vel aliqua incommoditate gravati impediuntur Rob. Bridl. Dial. 162; mundo senescente et tanquam in decrepite etatis ~ium jam vergente Gir. TH I 33; sen[i]um, la veylesse Teaching Latin II 8; unus viridariorum ‥ foreste ‥ adeo languidus et ~io contractus existit quod ‥ laborare non potest SelPlForest xix. 2 period of old age. Cudberctus totam ab infantia usque ad ~ium vitam miraculorum signis inclitam duxit Bede Chr. 530; diversis modis una mors omnes Geroii filios rapuit, nec ullum ex eis ad ~ium usque pervenire permisit Ord. Vit. III 2 p. 29; a virilitate vero usque ad ~ium Bern. Comm. Aen. 42.

3 senium v. xenium

sĕnĭum, (11) ĭī, n. (senex), ¶ 1 grand âge, sénilité : dicitur senio et ægritudine confectus esse Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, il succomba, dit-on, sous le poids de lʼâge et du chagrin, cf. Tim. 17 || [fig.] déclin, décrépitude, épuisement : lunæ Plin. 7, 155, décours de la lune ; mundus se ipse consumptione et senio alebat sui Cic. Tim. 8, le monde tirait sa substance de son propre épuisement, de sa propre décrépitude, cf. Liv. 7, 22, 5 ; Gell. 20, 1, 10 ¶ 2 [fig.] a) caractère morose, gravité maussade [propre aux vieillards] : Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 47 ; b) chagrin, douleur : Cic. Mil. 20 ; Liv. 40, 54 ; c) [t. dʼinjure] avec un pron. masc., vieux, décrépit : Ter. Eun. 302, et Don.

senium, ī n (senex)

1. ouderdom, aftakeling; ➤ morbo seniove carere; curvata -o membra;
2. (poët.) oudheid, duur [mundi];
3. (metaf.) het wegkwijnen, afnemen, verval [lunae];
4. (meton.) (a) ergernis, ontstemming, leed(wezen); ➤ civitas -o confecta; (b) knorrigheid, zwaarmoedigheid, droefgeestigheid; (c) (Sen.) traagheid.

senium , ii. n.
年邁。憂悶。莫耐煩。老人。朽。霉。懶。閒。嚴。古時。— lunae 月下弦。

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, a Senectute distinguit Joannes de Deo, Doctor Decretorum Bononiensis in Pœnitentiario lib. 1. cap. 7. ita ut Senectus sit a 60. annis usque ad 80. Senium vero, post 80. annos.

senium ī, n

senex, old age, senility, decline: quod (opus) omni senio careret: senio confectus. —Waste, decay: se ipse (mundus) consumptione et senio alebat sui, by its own waste and decay.— Vexation, grief, trouble, affliction: tota civitas confecta senio est: senio consumptus, L.—Gloom, moroseness: inhumanae senium depone Camenae, H.—An old man(poet. for senex, with pronmasc.): Ut illum di deaeque senium perdant, T.

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