socerus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ke.rus/, [ˈs̠ɔkɛrʊs̠]

Noun

socerus m (genitive socerī, feminine socera); second declension

1. Alternative form of socer (“father-in-law”) (attested as early as Plautus)

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Ligurian: seûxoo, seûzro
  • Piedmontese: [ˈsøʒu]
• Italo-Romance:
  • Gallurese: socciaru
  • Italian: suocero, socero
  • Sassarese: sozaru
  • Sicilian: soggiru
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: suesar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sŏcer”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 15

Further reading

• “socerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• socerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.