noun · femininefourth declension
socrus1
socrus f (genitive socrūs)
Classical[ˈsɔ.krʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔː.krus]
Meaning
- femininemother-in-law
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
māter uxōrissocrus -ūs (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 6 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 2
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | socrus | socrūs |
| genitive | socrūs | socruum |
| dative | socruī | socribus |
| accusative | socrum | socrūs |
| ablative | socrū | socribus |
| vocative | socrus | socrūs |
socrus, ūs (orig. comm.;
I. v. infra), f. a collat. form of socer; Gr.ἑκυρός, orig.also m., either a father-in-law or a mother-in-law; but of the first signif. we have only two examples in ancient poets: praemia erepta a socru suo, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P. (Trag. Rel. p. 136 Rib.); and: a socru, Oenomao rege, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Rib. l. l. p. 213).—The signif. mother-in-law was the prevailing one through all periods of the language:
uno animo omnes socrus oderunt nurus, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 4; 5, 1, 22; cf. Ov. F. 2, 626; Ter. Hec. 2, 3, 4; 4, 4, 83; Cic. Clu. 12, 23; Juv. 6, 231; Dig. 23, 2, 14, § 4.—Collat. form SOCERA, ae (acc. to socer), Inscr. Orell. 289; and contr. SOCRA, ib. 4221: magna, grandmother-in-law, i. e. one's husband's or wife's grandmother: major, the great-grandmother of either party, Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 6; Fest. p. 126 Müll.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
socrus ūs, m and f
socer.— Masc., a fatherin-law (old): a socru, Oenomao rege, Poet. ap. C. — Fem., a mother-in-law : omnes socrūs oderunt nurūs, T.: iniqua, O.: nubit genero socrus.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *swekrus, earlier *swekrū, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”).