Senecan

American  

[sen-i-kuhn] / ˈsɛn ɪ kən /

adjective

1. relating to Seneca, an ancient Roman philosopher and tragedian, or to his works or ideas.

2. relating to the Senecas, an Indigenous people of western New York, or to their Iroquoian language.

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noun

plural

Senecans

1. a follower or admirer of Seneca, an ancient Roman philosopher and tragedian.

Example Sentences

The sentences Moran likes derive from the loose, Senecan style perfected in the 17th century by the likes of John Donne, rather than ones from the stiff, hierarchical period of Samuel Johnson a century later.

From New York Times

“And I’m watching these scenes thinking, ‘Titus Andronicus’ makes sense to me for the first time ever, because it’s that same sort of Senecan tragedy,” Wilson says.

From Washington Post

These, while keeping to the Senecan form, often went beyond the stories of classical mythology and chose their subjects from the Bible or from ancient or modern history.

From Project Gutenberg

But unfortunately these beginnings had hardly made themselves felt when the full current of the Renaissance was diverted across Germany, bringing in its train the Senecan tragedy.

From Project Gutenberg

In Bradamante, which alone of his plays has no chorus, he cut himself adrift from Senecan models, and sought his subject in Ariosto, the result being what came to be known later as a tragi-comedy.

From Project Gutenberg