socer

Latin

Alternative forms

• socerus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swekuros, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ker/, [ˈs̠ɔkɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.t͡ʃer/, [ˈsɔːt͡ʃer]

Noun

socer m (genitive socerī); second declension

1. father-in-law

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	socer	socerī
Genitive	socerī	socerōrum
Dative	socerō	socerīs
Accusative	socerum	socerōs
Ablative	socerō	socerīs
Vocative	socer	socerī

Related terms

• cōnsocer
• socrus

Descendants

• Aromanian: socru
• Asturian: suegru
• Catalan: sogre
• Friulian: suesar
• Galician: sogro
• Italian: suocero

• Neapolitan: suogre
• Occitan: sògre
• Portuguese: sogro
• Romanian: socru
• Sardinian: socru, sogru
• Sicilian: soggiru
• Spanish: suegro

Further reading

• “socer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “socer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• socer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN