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sororius

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Latin

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Etymology

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From soror (“sister”) +‎ -ius (“-ly: forming adjectives of belonging”). Cf. uxorius (“wifely”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sorōrius (feminine sorōria, neuter sorōrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. sisterly

Declension

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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

  1. brother-in-law (sister's husband)

Declension

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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

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  • “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.
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