Senex (disambiguation)
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Senex
is a Latin word literally meaning a man of
old age
.
Senex
may also refer to:
Wise old man
, an archetype
John Senex
(1678-1740), English cartographer
Stock characters:
senex amans
, an old man unsuitably in love with a much younger woman
senex iratus
, an old man who irrationally opposes the love of the young couple
Senex
, a poem by
Sir John Betjeman
describing an older man's guilty, but harmless, pleasure in watching young women playing sports
Senex, a character in the novel
A Wind in the Door
, a subcellular creature
"Senex", a pen-name of Sir
Alan Lascelles
in 1950
Senex Energy
, an Australian company