socors

Catalan

Alternative forms

• secors

Etymology

From Latin succursus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈkors]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈkos]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈkors], [soˈkos]

Noun

socors m (invariable)

1. help, aid, assistance
2. (in the plural) provisions, supplies
3. (law) duty to rescue

Related terms

• socórrer

Interjection

socors

1. help!

Further reading

• “socors” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “socors”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “socors” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “socors” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From sē- (“without”) +‎ cor (“heart as the seat of vitality”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.kors/, [ˈs̠ɔkɔrs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.kors/, [ˈsɔːkors]

Adjective

socors (genitive socordis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. sluggish, inert, inactive, dull (lacking in vitality or alertness)

   Synonyms: dēses, iners, sēgnis, piger, ignāvus, murcidus, languidus

   Antonyms: impiger, acer, alacer, navus, strēnuus

2. (with genitive) taking no interest in

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	socors			socordēs	socordia
genitive	socordis			socordium
dative	socordī			socordibus
accusative	socordem	socors		socordēs	socordia
ablative	socordī			socordibus
vocative	socors			socordēs	socordia

Derived terms

• socordia
• socorditer

References

• “socors” on page 1963 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cor; sē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134; 549
• “socors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “socors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• socors in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.