sororius
Latin
Etymology
From soror (“sister”) + -ius (“-ly: forming adjectives of belonging”). Cf. uxorius (“wifely”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɔˈroː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [soˈrɔː.ri.us]
Adjective
sorōrius (feminine sorōria, neuter sorōrium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | sorōrius | sorōria | sorōrium | sorōriī | sorōriae | sorōria | |
| genitive | sorōriī | sorōriae | sorōriī | sorōriōrum | sorōriārum | sorōriōrum | |
| dative | sorōriō | sorōriae | sorōriō | sorōriīs | |||
| accusative | sorōrium | sorōriam | sorōrium | sorōriōs | sorōriās | sorōria | |
| ablative | sorōriō | sorōriā | sorōriō | sorōriīs | |||
| vocative | sorōrie | sorōria | sorōrium | sorōriī | sorōriae | sorōria | |
Noun
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sorōrius m (genitive sorōriī or sorōrī); second declension
- brother-in-law (sister's husband)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sorōrius | sorōriī |
| genitive | sorōriī sorōrī1 |
sorōriōrum |
| dative | sorōriō | sorōriīs |
| accusative | sorōrium | sorōriōs |
| ablative | sorōriō | sorōriīs |
| vocative | sorōrie | sorōriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “sororius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sororius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "sororius", 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)
- sororius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.