单词 | Seneca |
释义 | Word Frequency Seneca 1(ˈsɛnɪkə) noun 1. Word forms: plural -cas or -ca a member of a Native American people formerly living south of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples 2. the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family Word origin C19: from Dutch Sennecaas (plural), probably of Algonquian originWord Frequency Seneca 2(ˈsɛnɪkə) noun 1. Lucius Annaeus (ˈluːsɪəs əˈniːəs), called the Younger. ?4 bc–65 ad, Roman philosopher, statesman, and dramatist; tutor and adviser to Nero. He was implicated in a plot to murder Nero and died by suicide. His works include Stoical essays on ethical subjects and tragedies that had a considerable influence on Elizabethan drama 2. his father, Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs) or Lucius Annaeus, called the Elder or the Rhetorician. ?55 bc–?39 ad, Roman writer on oratory and history |
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