socius
Erscheinungsbild
From Old Latin sokios. Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-h₂-y-ós (identical to Proto-Germanic *sagjaz), perhaps thematicized from collective *sokʷ-h₂-ōy (compare Sanskrit सखि (sákhi, “companion”)), ultimately from the root *sekʷ- (“to follow”).[1][2] Compare Faliscansocia (“girlfriend, companion”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.ki.us/, [ˈs̠ɔkiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈsɔːt͡ʃius]
Adjective
socius (feminine socia, neuter socium); first/second-declension adjective
- sharing, joining in, partaking, associated
- kindred, related, akin, ally
- leagued, allied, united, confederate
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| 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 | sociō | sociīs | ||||
| Accusative | socium | sociam | socium | sociōs | sociās | socia | |
| Ablative | sociō | sociā | sociō | sociīs | |||
| Vocative | socie | socia | socium | sociī | sociae | socia | |