socius
English
Etymology
Noun
socius (plural socii)
- (historical) Any of the autonomous tribes and city states of the Italian Peninsula in permanent military alliance with the Roman Republic until the Social War of 91–88 BC.
- An associate; a fellow of an academy, etc.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”)[1]. Compare Faliscan socia (“girlfriend, companion”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.ki.us/, [ˈsɔ.ki.ʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈsoː.t͡ʃi.us]
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | socius | socia | socium | sociī | sociae | socia | |
Genitive | sociī | sociae | sociī | sociōrum | sociārum | sociōrum | |
Dative | sociō | sociae | sociō | sociīs | sociīs | sociīs | |
Accusative | socium | sociam | socium | sociōs | sociās | socia | |
Ablative | sociō | sociā | sociō | sociīs | sociīs | sociīs | |
Vocative | socie | socia | socium | sociī | sociae | socia |
- Gen.pl. sometimes socium
Derived terms
- sociālis
- sociennus
Related terms
- sociābilis
- sociālitās
- sociāliter
- sociātiō
- sociātrīx
Descendants
Noun
socius m (genitive sociī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | socius | sociī |
Genitive | sociī | sociōrum |
Dative | sociō | sociīs |
Accusative | socium | sociōs |
Ablative | sociō | sociīs |
Vocative | socie | sociī |
References
- socius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- socius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- socius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- socius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to attach oneself to a person's society: socium se adiungere alicui
- to admit a person into one's society: aliquem socium admittere
- a political ally: consiliorum in re publica socius
- to make some one one's ally: socium aliquem asciscere (B. G. 1. 5)
- to attach oneself to a person's society: socium se adiungere alicui
- socius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Notes:
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