sociennus

Latin

Etymology

From socius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /so.kiˈen.nus/, [s̠ɔkiˈɛnːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /so.t͡ʃiˈen.nus/, [sot͡ʃiˈɛnːus]

Noun

sociennus m (genitive sociennī); second declension

1. (Old Latin) a fellow, comrade
   • c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 4.4.32:

     ibo intro atque illi socienno tuo iam interstringam gulam.

     I'll go in there, and that accomplice of yours—I'll strangle him on the spot.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sociennus	sociennī
Genitive	sociennī	sociennōrum
Dative	sociennō	sociennīs
Accusative	sociennum	sociennōs
Ablative	sociennō	sociennīs
Vocative	socienne	sociennī

References

• “sociennus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press