Seneca
['sɛnɪkə]
Definition
(noun.) the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca.
(noun.) a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario.
(noun.) Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
Typist: Perry--From WordNet
Examples
- Seneca Glass Co. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Seneca was a Stoic, as Lucretius was an Epicurean, moralist. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For it is true that until the time of Seneca (first century A.D.) there is no record of any plain protest against this business. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We may survive; and if we do not, I will repeat the lessons of my Seneca, and die with a good heart. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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