socer

socer

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    socer m (genitive socerī); second declension

    1. 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

    Descendants

    (Note: 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), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
    • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “sŏcer”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 607