[ˈsɔ.rɔr], [ˈsɔː.ror]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
- declension-3, femininesister
“Anna refert: “Ō lūce magis dīlēcta sorōrī, ….”” — Anna replies: “O [Dido], more dear to [your] sister than daylight, ….”
(Anna, Dido’s beloved sister and confidant, speaks her first line in the Aeneid.)
“Pliadās aspiciēs omnēs tōtumque sorōrum” — You will see all the Pleiades, and the whole group of sisters, when there shall be one night remaining before the Ides.
(See: Pleiades; Pleiades (Greek mythology).)
“dīc sapientiae soror mea es et prūdentiam vocā amīcam tuam
Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)”
- declension-3, femininecousin, daughter of either a father's brother or of a mother's sister
- declension-3, femininefemale friend
- declension-3, femininesister, nun
Formaesorōris(genitive) · soror(nominative, singular) · sorōrēs(nominative, plural) · sorōris(genitive, singular) · sorōrum(genitive, plural) · sorōrī(dative, singular) · sorōribus(dative, plural) · sorōrem(accusative, singular) · sorōrēs(accusative, plural) · sorōre(ablative, singular) · sorōribus(ablative, plural) · soror(singular, vocative) · sorōrēs(plural, vocative)