Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SENECAS

Sen "e *cas, n. pl. ; sing. Seneca (. (Ethnol.)

 

Defn: A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations. Seneca grass (Bot. ), holy grass. See under Holy. -- Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha. -- Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot. ), the rootstock of an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega ) having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also Senega root, and Seneka root. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Seneca

Sen e ca |ˈsenəkə ˈsenəkə | ▶noun ( pl. same or Senecas ) 1 a member of an American Indian people that was one of the Five Nations. 2 the Iroquoian language of this people. ▶adjective of or relating to this people or their language. ORIGIN via Dutch from Algonquian.

 

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus

Sen e ca, Lucius Annaeus |ˈsenəkə ˈsɛnəkə | ( c. 4 bc – ad 65 ), Roman statesman, philosopher, and playwright; known as Seneca the Younger. Son of Seneca the Elder, he became tutor to Nero in 49 and was appointed consul in 57. His Epistulae Morales is a notable Stoic work.

 

Seneca, Marcus Annaeus

Sen e ca, Marcus Annaeus |ˈsɛnəkə ˈsenəkə | ( c. 55 bc – c. ad 39 ), Roman rhetorician, born in Spain; known as Seneca the Elder; full name Marcus or Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Father of Seneca the Younger, he is best known for his works on rhetoric, only parts of which survive.

 

Seneca Falls

Sen e ca Falls a town in west central New York, west of Cayuga Lake, the site in 1848 of the first women's rights convention in the US; pop. 9,071 (est. 2008 ).

 

Seneca Lake

Sen e ca Lake the largest of the Finger Lakes in west central New York, south of Geneva, north of Watkins Glen.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Seneca

Seneca |ˈsɛnɪkə | ▶noun ( pl. same or Senecas ) 1 a member of an American Indian people that was one of the five nations comprising the original Iroquois confederacy. 2 [ mass noun ] the Iroquoian language of the Seneca, now with few speakers. ▶adjective relating to the Seneca or their language. ORIGIN via Dutch from Algonquian.

 

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus |ˈsɛnɪkə | ( c. 4 bc – ad 65 ), Roman statesman, philosopher, and dramatist; known as Seneca the Younger. Son of Seneca the Elder, he became tutor to Nero in 49 and was appointed consul in 57. His Epistulae Morales is a notable Stoic work.

 

Seneca, Marcus Annaeus

Seneca, Marcus Annaeus |ˈsɛnɪkə | ( c. 55 bc – c. 39 ad ), Roman rhetorician, born in Spain; known as Seneca the Elder; full name Marcus or Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Father of Seneca the Younger, he is best known for his works on rhetoric, only parts of which survive.

 

Seneca Falls

Sen e ca Falls a town in west central New York, west of Cayuga Lake, the site in 1848 of the first women's rights convention in the US; pop. 9,071 (est. 2008 ).

 

Seneca Lake

Sen e ca Lake the largest of the Finger Lakes in west central New York, south of Geneva, north of Watkins Glen.

 

Duden Dictionary

Seneca

Se ne ca Eigenname |S e neca |römischer Dichter und Philosoph

 

Spanish Dictionary

séneca

séneca nombre masculino Hombre de gran sabiduría .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Seneca

Sen e ca 1 /sénɪkə /名詞 セネカ 〘Lucius Annaeus /lúːʃəs -əníːəs |lúːsiəs -/ ～, 4?b.c.--a.d.65; 古代ローマの哲学者 政治家 〙.

 

Seneca

Sen e ca 2 名詞 複 ～, ～s C セネカ族 (の1人 ) 〘北米先住民のイロコイ語族 〙; U セネカ語 .