socrus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”) (compare *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

socrus f (genitive socrūs); fourth declension

  1. mother-in-law
  2. vocative singular of socrus

socrūs

  1. nominative plural of socrus
  2. genitive singular of socrus
  3. accusative plural of socrus
  4. vocative plural of socrus

Usage notes

Originally also masculine and used to mean either father-in-law or mother-in-law.

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative socrus socrūs
genitive socrūs socruum
dative socruī socribus
accusative socrum socrūs
ablative socrū socribus
vocative socrus socrūs

Descendants

References

  • 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
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