socrus

socrus, ūs (orig. comm.; v. infra), f. [a collat. form of socer; Gr.ἑκυρός], orig. also m.,

• either a father-in-law or a mother-in-law; but of the first signif. we have only two examples in ancient poets: praemia erepta a socru suo, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P. (Trag. Rel. p. 136 Rib.); and: a socru, Oenomao rege, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Rib. l. l. p. 213).—The signif. mother-in-law was the prevailing one through all periods of the language: uno animo omnes socrus oderunt nurus, Ter. Hec. 201; 748; cf. Ov. F. 2, 626; Ter. Hec. 277; 705; Cic. Clu. 12, 23; Juv. 6, 231; Dig. 23, 2, 14, § 4.—Collat. form SOCERA, ae (acc. to socer), Inscr. Orell. 289; and contr. SOCRA, ib. 4221: magna, grandmother-in-law, i. e. one's husband's or wife's grandmother: major, the great-grandmother of either party, Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 6; Fest. p. 126 Müll.

socrus, ūs, f. (socer; vgl. ἑκυρά), die Schwiegermutter, Ter., Cic. u.a.: socer et socrus, ICt.: magna, Großschwiegermutter, Großmutter meiner Gattin, Modestin, dig. 38, 10, 4. § 6: maior, Urgroßmutter meiner Gattin, Paul. ex Fest. 136, 11. – ➳ Archaist. auch m. = socer, Acc. tr. 196. Vgl. Prisc. 6, 44. – Nbf. socera, ae, f., Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 3895; 7, 229 u. 12, 2630, synk. socra, ae. f., Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 530 u. 2936; 3, 655; 9, 563 u.a. (vgl. dagegen Prob. app. 199, 1 socrus, non socra).

socrus [CL], spouse's mother, mother-in-law; b (w. ref. to Matth. viii 14–15). sanctarum ~us [gl.: ~us est qui filiam dedit; socer et ~us quia generum vel nurum sibi adsociant] animarum, supernorum regina civium Aldh. VirgP 40; ~um, swegran GlS 214; matris, sororis, filie, ~us vel cujuslibet illicite femine turpitudinem revelare Petrus Dial. 33; hec ~us, -crus, i. mater uxoris mee Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 545; clerici sunt conjugati cum seculo et per consequens cum mammona ut ~o forcius quam cum Deo Wycl. Ver. I 368; hec ~us, A. mater in lege WW.  b jamjamque surgens, sicut ~us Petri sanata, ministravit eis V. Cuthb. IV 3; non impar ~ui Petri, quae Domino sanatori exhibuit sedulitatem obsequii W. Malm. GP V 269.

sŏcrus, (11) ūs f. (ἑκυρά), belle-mère : Cic. Clu. 23 ; Ov. F. 2, 626 || socrus magna ou abs^t socrus, grand-mère du mari ou de la femme : Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6 ; Fest. 126 || major, bisaïeule des mêmes : Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6.

socrus , us. f.
岳母。

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socrus ūs, m and f

• socer.—Masc., a fatherin-law(old): a socru, Oenomao rege, Poet. ap. C.—Fem., a mother-in-law: omnes socrūs oderunt nurūs, T.: iniqua, O.: nubit genero socrus.