adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
sorōrius1
sorōrius (feminine sorōria, neuter sorōrium)
Classical[sɔˈroː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[soˈrɔː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectivesisterly
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sorōrius | sorōria | sorōrium |
| genitive | sorōriī | sorōriae | sorōriī |
| dative | sorōriō | sorōriae | sorōriō |
| accusative | sorōrium | sorōriam | sorōrium |
| ablative | sorōriō | sorōriā | sorōriō |
| vocative | sorōrie | sorōria | sorōrium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sorōriī | sorōriae | sorōria |
| genitive | sorōriōrum | sorōriārum | sorōriōrum |
| dative | sorōriīs | sorōriīs | sorōriīs |
| accusative | sorōriōs | sorōriās | sorōria |
| ablative | sorōriīs | sorōriīs | sorōriīs |
| vocative | sorōriī | sorōriae | sorōria |
sŏrōrĭus, a, um, adj. id..
I. In gen., of or belonging to a sister, sisterly:
cena, made because a sister was found, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 60: stupra, with a sister, Cic. Sest. 7, 16: moenia, i. e. of Dido, Ov. F. 3, 559: oscula, as a sister gives to a brother, sisterly, id. M. 4, 334; 9, 539.—II. In partic.: Sororium Tigillum, the Sister's beam, a place in Rome sacred to Juno, where Horatius was obliged to creep under a beam laid across the way as a punishment for having killed his sister, Liv. 1, 26, 13; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 4; Fest. pp. 297 and 307 Müll.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sorōrius adj.
soror, of a sister, sisterly : oscula, O.: stupra, with a sister : Moenia, i. e. of Dido , O.: tigillum (used in punishing a sister's murderer), L.
Origins
From soror (“sister”) + -ius (“-ly: forming adjectives of belonging”). Cf. uxorius (“wifely”).