socrus

Latin

Etymology 1

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/marītus sorōris

/ uxor frātris

socrus

socrus

frāter uxōris

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From Proto-Italic *swekrus, earlier *swekrū, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”).

Alternative forms

socera (nonstandard)
socra (late, proscribed)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.krus/, [ˈs̠ɔkrʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.krus/, [ˈsɔːkrus]

Noun

socrus f (genitive socrūs); fourth declension

mother-in-law

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	socrus	socrūs
genitive	socrūs	socruum
dative	socruī	socribus
accusative	socrum	socrūs
ablative	socrū	socribus
vocative	socrus	socrūs

Related terms

Descendants

See alternative forms.

Etymology 2

Masculine counterpart to socra. Attested in late glosses and inscriptions from North Africa.^[1]

Noun

socrus m (genitive socrī); second declension (Late Latin)

father-in-law

Coordinate terms

socra

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: socru
- Romanian: socru
Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan:
  suecru (Apulia)
  
  suocro (Basilicata, Campania)
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: socru, sorgu
North Italian:
- Romansch: sir, sör
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: suire m
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: sogre
- Occitan: sògre
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: suegru
- Galician: sogro
- Portuguese: sogro
- Spanish: suegro

Further reading

“socrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“socrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
socrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

References

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sŏcer”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 15

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