socrus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsok.rus/

Noun

socrus f (genitive socrūs); fourth declension

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

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: soacrã
Asturian: suegra
Catalan: sogra
Galician: sogra
Italian: suocera

Ladino esfuegra
Occitan: sògra
Portuguese: sogra
Romanian: soacră
Sardinian: socra
Spanish: suegra

Further reading

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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