Dear Michael and all friends, Latin was thrust upon and into me at school. Our master, Hector Raymod Gilleard, told us that, 'One day, you'll find it useful!' and he was right, for the day has arrived! "SENEX" meant, according to him, specifically an 'old man', as the noun is masculine. The word for an old woman is "ANUS". Iain, in Brampton, Cumbria, UK