socors
Catalan
Alternative forms
- secors
Etymology
From Latin succursus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /soˈkos/
- (Central) IPA(key): /suˈkos/
Noun
socors m (plural socors)
- help, aid, assistance
- (in the plural) provisions, supplies
- (law) duty to rescue
Related terms
- socórrer
Interjection
socors
- 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, 2023
- “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) IPA(key): /ˈso.kors/, [ˈs̠ɔkɔrs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.kors/, [ˈsɔːkors]
Adjective
socors (genitive socordis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- sluggish, inert, inactive, dull (lacking in vitality or alertness)
- Synonyms: dēses, iners, sēgnis, piger, ignāvus, murcidus, languidus
- Antonyms: impiger, acer, alacer, navus, strēnuus
- (with genitive) taking no interest in
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | 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, pages 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