socer

Latin

Alternative forms

• socerus, socrus m (non-standard)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swekuros, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ker/, [ˈs̠ɔkɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.t͡ʃer/, [ˈsɔːt͡ʃer]

Noun

socer m (genitive socerī); second declension

1. father-in-law

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	socer	socerī
Genitive	socerī	socerōrum
Dative	socerō	socerīs
Accusative	socerum	socerōs
Ablative	socerō	socerīs
Vocative	socer	socerī

Synonyms

• patraster

Related terms

• cōnsocer
• socra
• socrus

Descendants

See alternative forms.

Further reading

• “socer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “socer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• socer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “sŏcer”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 607