partner Copy link Outline I. A sharer in anything1. sŏcius; f. sŏcia (companion, sharer, associate)2. partĭceps, cĭpis (strictly adj.)3. consors, rtisII. In businessIII. In matrimony • partner: I. A sharer in anything: 1. sŏcius; f. sŏcia (companion, sharer, associate): Join: particeps et socius et adjutor, Cic. Att. 9, 10: socius et consors [gloriosi laboris], id. Br. 1, 2: v. companion. 2. partĭceps, cĭpis (strictly adj.): v. partaker. Comp. also (1). 3. consors, rtis: p. in gains and stolen goods, c. in lucris atque furtis, Cic. Verr. 3, 66, extr.: usu. foll. by gen., cf. supr. (1). II. In business: sŏcius: Cic. Verr. 3, 20, 50: to be condemned (for fraud towards) a p., pro s. damnari, id. Fl. 18, 43: p.s on equal terms (sharing profits equally), ex aequis partibus socii, Paul. Dig. 17, 2, 6. (Not consors in technical sense: but see supr. I, 3.) III. In matrimony: conjux, jŭgis, c.: v. spouse, mate. Poet., socius (socia) tori, Ov. M. 14. 678; thalami consors, ib. 10, 246 (wife).