socer

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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).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative socer socerī
Genitive socerī socerōrum
Dative socerō socerīs
Accusative socerum socerōs
Ablative socerō socerīs
Vocative socer socerī

Synonyms

Descendants

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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