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|lshtext=<b>sŏcer</b>: (nom. [[socerus]], Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 18; id. Men. 5, 5, 54;<br /><b>I</b> [[with]] [[socer]], id. ib. 5, 7, 56), ĕri, m. Gr. [[ἑκυρός]]>.<br /><b>I</b> A [[father]]-in-[[law]], Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 22; id. Trin. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129; id. Lael. 1, 1 and 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 12 fin.; Ov. M. 1, 145; Hor. C. 3, 11, 39; id. Ep. 1, 19, 30 al.; v. also [[socrus]].—Plur. soceri, parents-in-[[law]], Verg. A. 2, 457; 10, 79; Ov. M. 3, 132.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., for [[consocer]], a [[son]]'s [[father]]-in-[[law]], Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 4: [[magnus]], [[grandfather]]-in-[[law]], i. e. one's [[husband]]'s or [[wife]]'s [[grandfather]], Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 6; called [[simply]] [[socer]], ib. 50, 16, 146; cf. ib. 3, 1, 3; 23, 2, 14 fin.: [[socer]] major, a [[great]]-[[grandfather]]-in-[[law]], Paul. Diac. p. 136, 10.