socrus

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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socrus f (genitive socrūs); fourth declension

  1. mother-in-law
Declension
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Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative socrus socrūs
genitive socrūs socruum
dative socruī socribus
accusative socrum socrūs
ablative socrū socribus
vocative socrus socrūs
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Descendants
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See alternative forms.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

  1. father-in-law
Coordinate terms
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Descendants
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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: socru
    • Romanian: socru
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

Further reading

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  • “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

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