socerus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.ke.rus/, [ˈs̠ɔkɛrʊs̠]
Noun
socerus m (genitive socerī); second declension
- Alternative form of socer (“father-in-law”) (attested as early as Plautus)
Coordinate terms
- socera
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: suocero, socero
- Gallurese: socciaru
- Sassarese: sozaru
- Sicilian: soggiru
- North Italian:
- Friulian: suesar
- Ligurian: [ˈsœzru]
- Piedmontese: [ˈsœʒu]
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sŏcer”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 12: Sk–š, page 15
Further reading
- “socerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- socerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette