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To: dighton

After all, Senate is from the Latin senex, “foolish old bugger.”

Also the root of "senile"?

19 posted on 03/13/2008 9:27:19 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")

To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

Yes. Somewhere in the declension — I’ve lost what Latin I ever knew — senex becomes senilis.

23 posted on 03/13/2008 9:35:56 PM PDT by dighton

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