soror
εἰ πάλιν ἔστι γενέσθαι, ὕπνος σ' ἔ̣χει οὐκ ἐπὶ δηρόν, εἰ δ' οὐκ ἔστιν πάλιν ἐλθεῖν, αἰώ̣νιος ὕπνος → if it is possible for you to be born again, you will fall asleep, briefly; if it is not possible to return — it would be eternal sleep
Latin > English
soror sororis N F :: sister; (applied also to half sister, sister-in-law, and mistress!)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sŏror: ōris, f. Sanscr. svasar; Goth. svister; Germ. Schwester; Engl. sister.
I Lit.
A 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.—
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.—
II Transf. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A A cousin, the daughter of a father's brother, Ov. M. 1, 351.—
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.—
C 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.—
D Of the word soror: scripta soror fuerat: visum est delere sororem, Ov. M. 9, 528.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sŏrŏr,⁷ ōris, f.,
1 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]
2 cousine : Ov. M. 1, 351
3 amie, compagne : Virg. En. 1, 321 ; 11, 823
4 [en lat. ecclés.] sœur : Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 2
5 en parl. de choses semblables : a) main gauche par rapport à la main droite : Pl. Pœn. 418 ; b) boucles de cheveux : Catul. 66, 51.
Latin > German (Georges)
soror, ōris, f. (altind. svásar, got. swistar, ahd. swester), die Schwester, I) eig.: 1) im allg., Komik., Cic. u.a.: Phoebi, Luna, Ov.: magna soror matris Eumenidum, die Erde als Schwester der Nacht, Verg. – Plur., sorores, v. den Parzen, Ov. (tres sorores, Hor.): v. den Furien, Ov.: v. den Musen, Prop.: v. den fünfzig Töchtern des Danaus, Prop. – v. Tieren, in grege prioris anni sororem libentius etiam quam matrem equa comitatur, Plin. 8, 156. – 2) insbes. = soror patruelis, Muhme, Geschwisterkind, Cic. ep. 5, 2, 6. Ov. met. 1, 351. – II) übtr., die Schwester, a) als liebkosende Benennung, Schwester = Freundin, Gespielin, Acca soror, Verg.: sorores meae, Verg.: fratrem te vocat et soror vocatur, Mart.: sive sibi coniunx sive soror, Tibull. – b) die Schwester = die Mitsklavin, Tert. de cult. fem. 2, 1. – c) die Schwesterstadt, soror civitas (v. Utika), Tert. de pall. 1. – d) von ähnlichen od. verbundenen Dingen, soror dextrae, v. der linken Hand, Plaut.: ebenso die übrigen Haare sorores des abgeschnittenen Haars, Catull.: sapores caryotarum sorores, verschwistert mit usw., Plin.: sorores veritatis, Tert. – / vulg. seror, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 515 u. 3, 3174.