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Etymology
From Latin succursus.
Pronunciation
Noun
socors m (invariable)
- help, aid, assistance
- (in the plural) provisions, supplies
- (law) duty to rescue
Interjection
socors
- help!
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From sē- (“without”) + cor (“heart as the seat of vitality”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
socors (genitive socordis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- sluggish, inert, inactive, dull (lacking in vitality or alertness)
- Synonyms: dēses, iners, sēgnis, piger, ignāvus, murcidus, languidus
- Antonyms: impiger, acer, alacer, navus, strēnuus
- (with genitive) taking no interest in
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “socors” on page 1963 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cor; sē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134; 549
- “socors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “socors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- socors in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.