A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Sock (Eng.noun), an article of apparel for the foot; an elongate pouch; “(archaic) a low shoe or slipper” (WIII) “a shoe worn by actors in Greek and Roman comedy” (WIII): soccus,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. socco: “a low-heeled light shoe, slipper, sock, akin to Gk. sykchos, a shoe, sock” (WIII; Lewis & Short) [> L. soccus,-i (s.m.II), “a low-heeled light shoe, slipper, sock, akin to Gk. sykchos, a shoe, sock”(WIII; Lewis & Short), it was worn [in Rome] in the theater for comedies, as the cothurnus for tragedies]; udo, gen.sg. udonis [odo, gen.sg. odonis] (s.m.III), abl. sg. udone: a sock of felt or fur [> Gk. oudWn] (Lewis & Short), hence, an elongate pouch, pocket or sac; see pouch, sac;

- corollae sacco perelongato udonoide, with the sac of the corolla very long, sock-like.

NOTE: Gk. sukchis,-idos (s.f.III; gamma + chi): a kind of shoe or sock; also sukchas,-ados and sukchoi,-On (Liddell & Scott), with no reference to the Greek theater.

Socculus,-i (s.m.II), abl. sg. socculo [> L. dim. soccus): a small soccus, q.v.

sock-wearing: soccifer,-fera,-ferum (adj.B): sock-wearing, that wears the ‘soccus,’ q.v.