"Senatus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [sɛˈnaː.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [seˈnaː.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From senatus, from senex (“old, old man”) + -ātus (“-ate: forming abstract nouns”), a council of elders. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|senex|-ātus|id2=abstract noun|t1=old, old man|t2=-ate: forming abstract nouns}} senex (“old, old man”) + -ātus (“-ate: forming abstract nouns”) Head templates: {{la-noun|Senātus<4>}} Senātus m sg (genitive Senātūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Senātus<4>}} Forms: Senātus [canonical, masculine, singular], Senātūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Senātus [nominative, singular], Senātūs [genitive, singular], Senātuī [dative, singular], Senātum [accusative, singular], Senātū [ablative, singular], Senātus [singular, vocative], senatus [alternative]
  1. the Roman Senate Tags: declension-4 Derived forms: SC, SCU, senāculum, Senātus cōnsultum, Senātus cōnsultum ultimum, SPQR Related terms: senātor, senātōrius, senātrīx, senex
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