LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

soror

soror f (genitive sorōris)
Classical[ˈsɔ.rɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔː.ror]
№ 497 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. femininesister
    Anna refert: “Ō lūce magis dīlēcta sorōrī, [...].”Anna replies: “O [Dido], more dear to [your] sister than daylight, ….” (Anna, Dido’s beloved sister and confidant, speaks her first line in the Aeneid.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.31
    Pliadās aspiciēs omnēs tōtumque sorōrumYou will see all the Pleiades, and the whole group of sisters, when there shall be one night remaining before the Ides. (See: Pleiades; Pleiades (Greek mythology).)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.599–600
  2. femininecousin, daughter of either a father's brother or of a mother's sister
  3. femininefemale friend
  4. femininesister, nun

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

fīlia eōrundem parentum.
soror -ōris f — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia
fīlia eōrundem parentum, germāna
soror -ōris (f) — in Metamorphoses I, †

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesororsorōrēs
genitivesorōrissorōrum
dativesorōrīsorōribus
accusativesorōremsorōrēs
ablativesorōresorōribus
vocativesororsorōrēs

sŏror, ōris, f. Sanscr. svasar; Goth. svister; Germ. Schwester; Engl. sister.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., a sister: Th. Salve, mea soror. Pl. Frater mi, salve, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 57; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 68 sq.: germana soror, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 42 Vahl.); cf.: mea soror gemina germana, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30 sq.; so, germana, Cic. Mil. 27, 73: Jovis, i. e. Juno, Verg. A. 1, 47; Hor. C. 3, 3, 64; Ov. M. 3, 266; id. F. 6, 27 al.: Phoebi, i. e. Luna, id. H. 11, 45; cf. id. F. 3, 110: agnam Aeneas matri Eumenidum magnaeque sorori ferit, i. e. to Nox and Terra, Verg. A. 6, 250: doctae, i. e. the Muses, Tib. 3, 4, 45; Ov. M. 5, 255; called also sorores novem, id. Tr. 5, 12, 45: genitae Nocte, i. e. the Furies, id. M. 4, 451; called also crinitae angue sorores, id. ib. 10, 349; and, vipereae, id. ib. 6, 662: tristes, i. e. the Fates, Tib. 3, 3, 35; called also sorores tres, Prop. 2, 13, 44 (3, 5, 28); Hor. C. 2, 3, 15; Ov. M. 15, 808.—Of beasts: in grege prioris anni sororem equa comitatur, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—Prov.: bonae mentis soror est paupertas, Petr. 84, 4.—
B. In partic., poet.: sorores, the Muses, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 17. the Fates, Cat. 64, 326; Ov. H. 12, 3; 15, 81; Mart. 4, 54, 9; 4, 73, 3; the Danaides, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 67; Ov. H. 14, 15.—
II. Transf. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A. A cousin, the daughter of a father's brother, Ov. M. 1, 351.—
B. A female friend, playmate, or companion, Verg. A. 1, 321; 11, 823; Tib. 3, 1, 26; Sen. Hippol. 611; Petr. 127; Mart. 2, 4, 3; 12, 20, 2; Inscr. Marin. Iscriz. Alb. p. 60.—In eccl. Lat., female Christians, Vulg. 1, Tim. 5, 2.—
C. Of things in pairs, connected together, or alike: obsecro te hanc per dexteram Perque hanc sororem laevam, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 9; so of the hand, Verg. M. 28: abjunctae comae mea fata sorores Lugebant, Cat. 66, 51: sapore caryotarum sorores, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 45; Mart. 14, 128, 2.—
D. Of the word soror: scripta soror fuerat: visum est delere sororem, Ov. M. 9, 528.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniansuroră
  • Romaniansor
  • Romaniansoră
  • Aromaniansorã
  • Megleno-Romaniansoră
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansora
  • Italiansuora
  • Italiansorella
  • Neapolitansora
  • Venetansorela
  • Venetansoreła
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalansor
  • Spanishsorfrom Catalan sor
  • Gasconserorfrom Old Occitan seror
  • Old Spanishserorfrom Old Occitan seror
  • Auvergnatsòrre
  • Auvergnatsuerre
  • Gasconsòr
  • Languedociensòrre
  • Languedociensòr
  • Provençalsòrre
Borrowings
  • Portuguesesoror
  • Englishsoror
  • Interlinguasoror
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniansorre
  • Sardiniansorri
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchsœurfrom Old French suer
  • Franco-Provençalseror
  • Old Frenchseror
  • Old Frenchserur
  • Franco-Provençalsuèr
  • Normansoeufrom Old French suer
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatianseraur
  • Istriotsorura
  • Old Italiansorore
  • Old Italianserore
  • Old Venetansorore
  • Dalmatiansaur
  • Old Italiansoro
  • Old Italiansuoro
  • Old Italiansere
  • Old Venetansor
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardserorfrom Old Lombard seror
  • Piedmontesesëror
  • Lombardsor
  • Old Emiliansore
  • Ligurianseufrom Old Ligurian sor
  • Piedmonteseseurfrom Old Piedmontese suor
  • Piedmonteseseurefrom Old Piedmontese suor
  • Emiliansôra
  • Piedmonteseseura
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliansûr
  • Romanshsour
  • Romanshsora

In English words that came into English from soror

  • sororalsoror
  • sororitysorōritās
  • sororicidesorōricīdium
  • sororatesoror
  • sororizesoror
  • sororialsorōrius
  • sororsoror

Quick answers

What does soror mean in Latin?
soror, a noun, means “sister; cousin, daughter of either a father's brother or of a mother's sister; female friend”.
What is the genitive of soror?
The genitive singular is sorōris. soror is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce soror?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɔ.rɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɔː.ror].
Which English words come from soror?
English words that go back to Latin soror include sororal, sororate, sororize, soror, sorority and sororicide.