socer

Latin

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/marītus sorōris

/ uxor frātris

socer

socer

frāter uxōris

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Alternative forms

socerus, socrus m (non-standard)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

socer m (genitive socerī); second declension

father-in-law

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	socer	socerī
genitive	socerī	socerōrum
dative	socerō	socerīs
accusative	socerum	socerōs
ablative	socerō	socerīs
vocative	socer	socerī

Synonyms

patraster

Related terms

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

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