Borrowed fromFrenchSenatus. This surname is mostly found inHaiti.

Senatus (pluralSenatuses)

1. Asurname from French.

• According to the 2010 United States Census,Senatus is the 35721^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 629 individuals.Senatus is most common among Black/African American (92.21%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Senatus”, inDictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York:Oxford University Press,→ISBN.

• nasutes,sun teas,unseats

• senatus

Fromsenatus, fromsenex(“old,oldman”) +‎-ātus(“-ate:formingabstract nouns”), a council of elders.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /seˈnaː.tus/,[s̠ɛˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /seˈna.tus/,[seˈnäːt̪us]

Senātus m sg (genitiveSenātūs);fourth declension

1. TheRomanSenate
   • 63BCE,Cicero,Catiline OrationsOratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.2:

     O tempora, o mores!Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?

     Shame on the age and on its principles! TheSenate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!

   • c. 82C.E.,Arch of Titus:

     SENATVS
     POPVLVSQVE·ROMANVS

     TheSenate and the People of Rome

Fourth-declension noun, singular only.

Note: Old forms of the genitive singular areSenātuis andSenātī.

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