Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1778.socius on page 1778
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socius companion
socius is a Latin Noun that primarily means companion.
Definitions for socius
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
Companion, ally
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
One who accompanies another, a companion, comrade.
- 2
One who shares a responsibility, possession, etc., a partner, colleague. (b) (w. gen. of thing shared). (c) (in bad sense, applied to an accomplice). (d) (pl.) the members of a collegium or similar association.
- 3
A partner in a business enterprise; actio or iudicium pro ~io, an action brought by one partner against another in defence of his rights; damnare, arbitrum adigere, etc., aliquem pro ~io, to find someone guilty, to bring someone before an arbitrator, etc., in such an action. (b) (pl.) the members of a societas or trading company, esp. one of publicani; (perh. here) garum, ~iorum, a special kind of garum (app. because its manufacture was linked with the salt works of Spain, farmed byt societates).
Adjective
- 1
Keeping company with another, living or acting in partnership. (b) (w. gen.) associated (in an activity, etc.). (c) associated in a collegium or sim. (d) (transf.) kindred, related.
- 2
Of or belonging to a partner; (usu.) belonging to, or consisting of, one's companion(s) in battle or sim.
- 3
(spec., of communities, sovereigns, etc.) Giving help in war, allied, confederate. (b) (of dependent communities in Italy and the provinces, (c) (of arms, alliances). (d) (of troops, etc.), belonging to allied states.
- 4
Possessed, practised, etc., with a partner, shared, common. (b) (of marriage or sim. and its adjuncts).
Sentences with socius
Latin to English
Socium culpabat quisque.Compare Each began to blame his neighbor.
Pax cum victus facio; socius deinde duco, quum Africus bellum urgeo.Compare We made peace with them when conquered; we afterwards considered them as allies, when they were hard pressed by the African war.
Audio, iudex, et aliquando misereor socius.Compare Listen, judges, and at length have pity on the allies.
Quid recuso possum, quin et socius sui consulo?Compare How can he refuse that the allies also should take care of themselves?
Declension table for socius
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | socius | sociī |
| Gen. | sociī | sociōrum |
| Dat. | sociō | sociīs |
| Acc. | socium | sociōs |
| Voc. | socie | sociī |
| Abl. | sociō | sociīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 487.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1778.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "socius, sociī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/socius-socii.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 487.on page 487
