soror

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

English [edit]

Noun [edit]

soror (plural sorors)

  1. (colloquial) A sorority sister; a fellow member of one's sorority.

Interlingua [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin soror.

Noun [edit]

soror (plural sorores)

  1. sister

Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

By rhotacism from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἔορ (eor), Sanskrit स्वसृ (svásṛ) and Old English sweostor (English sister).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

soror (genitive sorōris); f, third declension

  1. sister
  2. cousin, daughter of a father's brother
  3. female friend

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative soror sorōrēs
genitive sorōris sorōrum
dative sorōrī sorōribus
accusative sorōrem sorōrēs
ablative sorōre sorōribus
vocative soror sorōrēs

Derived terms [edit]

Descendants [edit]