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|lshtext=<b>sŏror</b>: ōris, f. Sanscr. svasar; Goth. svister; Germ. Schwester; Engl. [[sister]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., a [[sister]]: Th. Salve, mea [[soror]]. Pl. Frater mi, [[salve]], Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 57; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 68 sq.: germana [[soror]], Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 42 Vahl.); cf.: mea [[soror]] gemina germana, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30 sq.; so, germana, Cic. Mil. 27, 73: Jovis, i. e. [[Juno]], Verg. A. 1, 47; Hor. C. 3, 3, 64; Ov. M. 3, 266; id. F. 6, 27 al.: Phoebi, i. e. [[Luna]], id. H. 11, 45; cf. id. F. 3, 110: agnam [[Aeneas]] matri Eumenidum magnaeque sorori ferit, i. e. to Nox and Terra, Verg. A. 6, 250: doctae, i. e. the Muses, Tib. 3, 4, 45; Ov. M. 5, 255; called also sorores [[novem]], id. Tr. 5, 12, 45: genitae Nocte, i. e. the Furies, id. M. 4, 451; called also crinitae angue sorores, id. ib. 10, 349; and, vipereae, id. ib. 6, 662: tristes, i. e. the Fates, Tib. 3, 3, 35; called also sorores [[tres]], Prop. 2, 13, 44 (3, 5, 28); Hor. C. 2, 3, 15; Ov. M. 15, 808.—Of beasts: in grege prioris anni sororem [[equa]] comitatur, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—Prov.: bonae mentis [[soror]] est [[paupertas]], Petr. 84, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[poet]].: sorores, the Muses, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 17; the Fates, Cat. 64, 326; Ov. H. 12, 3; 15, 81; Mart. 4, 54, 9; 4, 73, 3; the Danaides, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 67; Ov. H. 14, 15.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[cousin]], the [[daughter]] of a [[father]]'s [[brother]], Ov. M. 1, 351.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[female]] [[friend]], playmate, or [[companion]], Verg. A. 1, 321; 11, 823; Tib. 3, 1, 26; Sen. Hippol. 611; Petr. 127; Mart. 2, 4, 3; 12, 20, 2; Inscr. Marin. Iscriz. Alb. p. 60.—In eccl. Lat., [[female]] Christians, Vulg. 1, Tim. 5, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of things in pairs, [[connected]] [[together]], or [[alike]]: [[obsecro]] te hanc per dexteram Perque hanc sororem laevam, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 9; so of the [[hand]], Verg. M. 28: abjunctae comae mea fata sorores Lugebant, Cat. 66, 51: sapore caryotarum sorores, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 45; Mart. 14, 128, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Of the [[word]] [[soror]]: scripta [[soror]] fuerat: [[visum]] est delere sororem, Ov. M. 9, 528.
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|gf=<b>sŏrŏr</b>,⁷ ōris, f.,<br /><b>1</b> sœur : doctæ sorores Tib. 3, 4, 45, les doctes sœurs [les Muses appelées aussi [[novem]] sorores Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 45, les neuf sœurs] ; sorores [[tres]] Prop. 2, 13, 44, les trois sœurs [les Parques] ; vipereæ sorores Ov. M. 6, 662, les sœurs à la chevelure de serpents [les Furies]<br /><b>2</b> cousine : Ov. M. 1, 351<br /><b>3</b> amie, compagne : Virg. En. 1, 321 ; 11, 823<br /><b>4</b> [en lat. ecclés.] sœur : Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 2<br /><b>5</b> en parl. de choses semblables : <b> a)</b> main gauche par rapport à la main droite : Pl. Pœn. 418 ; <b> b)</b> boucles de cheveux : Catul. 66, 51.
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