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|lshtext=<b>Sĕnĕca</b>: ae, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[surname]] ([[cognomen]]) in the [[gens]] Annaea. The [[most]] [[famous]] are,<br /><b>I</b> M. Annaeus [[Seneca]], a [[native]] of [[Corduba]] (in Hispania Baetica), a [[celebrated]] [[rhetorician]] in the [[time]] of [[Augustus]] and [[Tiberius]], whose writings (Controversiae and Suasoriae) are [[now]] [[extant]] [[only]] in fragments, Quint. 9, 2, 42; 9, 2, 98; v. Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 264.—<br /><b>II</b> His [[son]], L. Annaeus [[Seneca]], a Stoic [[philosopher]], [[instructor]] of [[Nero]]; of whom are [[extant]], in [[prose]], philosophical treatises, letters, and a [[satire]] [[upon]] the Emperor [[Claudius]] (Apocolocyntosis), Quint. 10, 1, 125 sqq.; Lact. 5, 9, 19; Tac. A. 12, 8; and in [[poetry]] [[eight]] tragedies, [[mostly]] founded on Greek originals [[which]] are [[still]] preserved, [[besides]] a [[few]] epigrams. The poetical works [[have]] been by [[many]] scholars referred to a [[later]] [[age]], [[but]] [[they]] are [[now]] [[commonly]] accepted as [[authentic]], Quint. 9, 2, 8; Sid. Carm. 9, 231; v. Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 282 sqq.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Sĕnĕca</b>,¹⁰ æ, m., nom de famille de la [[gens]] Annæa ; not<sup>t</sup><br /><b>1</b> Sénèque [[philosophe]], précepteur de Néron]: Tac. Ann. 12, 8 ; Quint. 10, 1, 125<br /><b>2</b> son père, dit le rhéteur, né à Cordoue : Quint. 9, 2, 42, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=Seneca, ae, m., [[ein]] [[Familienname]] [[des]] annäischen Geschlechtes, [[unter]] dem [[bekannt]] sind: M. [[Annaeus]] [[Seneca]], [[ein]] [[Rhetor]] aus Korduba im bätischen Hispanien, Quint. 9, 2, 42. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Liter.<sup>6</sup> § 269. – [[sein]] (zu Korduba um 2 [[nach]] Chr. geborener) [[Sohn]], der berühmte [[Philosoph]] L. [[Annaeus]] [[Seneca]], Verf. vieler Schriften in [[Prosa]] u. in Versen (Tragödien u. Epigramme), [[Lehrer]] [[des]] [[Nero]], der ihm [[aber]] [[durch]] Öffnen der Adern im Bade den [[Tod]] [[geben]] ließ, Quint. 10, 1, 125 sqq. Lact. 5, 9, 19. Suet. Ner. 7, 1. Tac. ann. 12, 8 u.a. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Liter.<sup>6</sup> § 287–290. – Plur. [[duo]] Senecae, der [[Rhetor]] u. der [[Philosoph]], Mart. 1, 61, 7: u. Senecae, Männer [[wie]] Seneka, Boëth. cons. phil. 1, 3. p. 6, 18 Obb.
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