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Latin
Etymology
From senex (“old”) + -īlis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
senīlis (neuter senīle, adverb senīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or pertaining to old people; aged, senile
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “senilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “senilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- senilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.