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|lshtext=<b>socrus</b>: ūs (orig. comm.;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]]), f. a collat. form of [[socer]]; Gr.[[ἑκυρός]] | |lshtext=<b>socrus</b>: ūs (orig. comm.;<br /><b>I</b><br /> 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. 2, 1, 4; 5, 1, 22; cf. Ov. F. 2, 626; Ter. Hec. 2, 3, 4; 4, 4, 83; 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. | ||
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socrus: ūs (orig. comm.;
I
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. 2, 1, 4; 5, 1, 22; cf. Ov. F. 2, 626; Ter. Hec. 2, 3, 4; 4, 4, 83; 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.
