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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la socius, la fraus}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''sociofraudus''' ''m'' (genitive sociofraudī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It was coined by Plautus from [[socius]] “partner, comrade” and [[fraudō]] “to cheat”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨socius⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sokjo-]], from [[ine-pro|*sokʷ-(h₂)-i-o-|t=companion]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It occurs only in Plautus' ''Pseudolus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant one who cheats his partner, deceives his comrades.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus coins it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # One who [[m|en|cheat|alt=cheats]] his partner.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[socius]]
+ * [[fraudō]]
+ * [[fraus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}