socrus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *swekrus, earlier *swekrū, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”). ==== Alternative forms ==== socera (nonstandard) socra (late, proscribed) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɔ.krʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɔː.krus] ==== Noun ==== socrus f (genitive socrūs); fourth declension mother-in-law ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Related terms ===== cōnsocer socer ===== Descendants ===== (Note: see alternative forms.) === Etymology 2 === Masculine counterpart to socra. Attested in late glosses and inscriptions from North Africa. ==== Noun ==== socrus m (genitive socrī); second declension (Late Latin) father-in-law ===== Coordinate terms ===== socra ===== Descendants ===== === Further reading === “socrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “socrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “socrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === References ===