socrus

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• socera (nonstandard)
• socra (late, proscribed)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.krus/, [ˈs̠ɔkrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.krus/, [ˈsɔːkrus]

Noun

socrus f (genitive socrūs); fourth declension

1. mother-in-law

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	socrus	socrūs
Genitive	socrūs	socruum
Dative	socruī	socribus
Accusative	socrum	socrūs
Ablative	socrū	socribus
Vocative	socrus	socrūs

Related terms

• cōnsocer
• socer

Descendants

See alternative forms.

Etymology 2

Masculine counterpart to socra. Attested in late glosses and inscriptions from North Africa.

Noun

socrus m (genitive socrī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. father-in-law

Coordinate terms

• socra

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: socru
  • Romanian: socru
• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan:

    suecru (Apulia)

    suocro (Basilicata, Campania)

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: socru, sorgu
• North Italian:
  • Romansch: sir, sör
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: suire m
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: sogre
  • Occitan: sògre
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: suegru
  • Galician: sogro
  • Portuguese: sogro
  • Spanish: suegro

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.