senarius
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Origin of senarius
First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin sēnārius, equivalent to sēn(ī) “six each” (distributive numeral of sex “six”) + -ārius adjective suffix; see -ary ( def. )
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He immediately recognized the species as Ptilotus senarius, a rare plant that had not been documented since 1967 and was widely considered extinct in the wild.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
Ptilotus senarius is a delicate shrub with purple pink flowers that resemble small feathered fireworks.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
In this way it becomes a short realistic story of every-day people, involving frequently a love intrigue, and told in the iambic senarius, the simplest form of verse.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Abbott, Frank Frost
We here see that the senarius is designated as a well-known verse, so that it must have been in the mouths of the people long before it was applied to this piece of gossip.
From Notes and Queries, Number 31, June 1, 1850 by Various
If we should arrange the commoner Latin verses in a sequence according to the emotional effects which they produce, at the bottom of the series would stand the iambic senarius.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Abbott, Frank Frost
Iambic senarii were spoken; other metres were sung; but the scenes in septenarii stood midway between the dialogue and the canticum.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
The metrical treatment is strict, especially in the senarii.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
The fragment of two lines quoted above is in iambic senarii.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
The fables are all in ‘impure’ iambic senarii, like those of Terence and Publius Syrus.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
They are written in iambic senarii, in the fluent and studiously simple Latin of an earlier period, not without occasional vulgarisms, but with a total absence of the turgid rhetoric which was coming into fashion.
From Latin Literature by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
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