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socrus
socrus
Latin
Noun
socrus f (genitive socrūs); fourth declension
- mother-in-law
- vocative singular of socrus
socrūs
- nominative plural of socrus
- genitive singular of socrus
- accusative plural of socrus
- 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 |
Related terms
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “socrus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.