sorex

See also: Sorex

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly related to susurrus, or Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax, “shrewmouse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.reks/, [ˈs̠oːrɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.reks/, [ˈsɔːreks]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.reks/, [ˈs̠ɔrɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.reks/, [ˈsɔːreks]

Noun

sōrex m (genitive sōricis); third declension

1. shrew, shrewmouse
2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) mouse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sōrex	sōricēs
Genitive	sōricis	sōricum
Dative	sōricī	sōricibus
Accusative	sōricem	sōricēs
Ablative	sōrice	sōricibus
Vocative	sōrex	sōricēs

Derived terms

• sōricīnus

Descendants

• Aromanian: shoaric
• Dalmatian: surco
• French: souris
• Friulian: surîs
• Italian: sorice, sorcio
• Neapolitan: sorece

• Romanian: șoarece
• Sicilian: surci, sùrici
• Spanish: sorce
• Translingual: Sorex
• Venetian: sorxe

References

• “sorex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sorex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sorex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sorex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.