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Menander, Monostichoi, 207

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Sĕnĕca: ae, m.,
I a surname (cognomen) in the gens Annaea. The most famous are,
I 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.—
II 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Sĕnĕca,¹⁰ æ, m., nom de famille de la gens Annæa ; nott
1 Sénèque philosophe, précepteur de Néron]: Tac. Ann. 12, 8 ; Quint. 10, 1, 125
2 son père, dit le rhéteur, né à Cordoue : Quint. 9, 2, 42, etc.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.6 § 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.6 § 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.