socius

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

socius (plural socii)

  1. (historical) Any of the autonomous tribes and city states of the Italian Peninsula in permanent military alliance with the Roman Republic until the Social War of 91–88 BC.
  2. An associate; a fellow of an academy, etc.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”)[1]. Compare Faliscan socia (“girlfriend, companion”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

socius (feminine socia, neuter socium); first/second declension

  1. sharing, joining in, partaking, associated
  2. kindred, related, akin, ally
  3. leagued, allied, united, confederate

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative socius socia socium sociī sociae socia
Genitive sociī sociae sociī sociōrum sociārum sociōrum
Dative sociō sociae sociō sociīs sociīs sociīs
Accusative socium sociam socium sociōs sociās socia
Ablative sociō sociā sociō sociīs sociīs sociīs
Vocative socie socia socium sociī sociae socia

Derived terms
  • sociātiō
  • sociātrīx

Descendants

Noun

socius m (genitive sociī); second declension

  1. partner, sharer, associate
  2. companion, comrade
  3. ally; confederate

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative socius sociī
Genitive sociī sociōrum
Dative sociō sociīs
Accusative socium sociōs
Ablative sociō sociīs
Vocative socie sociī

References
  • socius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • socius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • socius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • socius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to attach oneself to a person's society: socium se adiungere alicui
    • to admit a person into one's society: aliquem socium admittere
    • a political ally: consiliorum in re publica socius
    • to make some one one's ally: socium aliquem asciscere (B. G. 1. 5)
  • socius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Notes:
  1. D. Gary Miller, Latin suffixal derivatives in English and their Indo-European ancestry, 2006. pp.27 & 134
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