socerus
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈso.ke.rus/, [ˈs̠ɔkɛrʊs̠]
Noun
editsocerus m (genitive socerī, feminine socera); second declension
- Alternative form of socer (“father-in-law”) (attested as early as Plautus)
Descendants
edit- Gallo-Italic:
- Italo-Romance:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: suesar
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sŏcer”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 15
Further reading
edit- “socerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- socerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.