loculus

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English

Etymology

From Latin loculus.

Noun

loculus (plural loculi)

  1. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
  2. In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn.
  3. (zoology) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
  4. (botany) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
    Synonym: locule

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of Latin locus.

Pronunciation

Noun

loculus m (genitive loculī); second declension

  1. A small place
  2. coffin
  3. manger, stall
  4. purse, pocket

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative loculus loculī
genitive loculī loculōrum
dative loculō loculīs
accusative loculum loculōs
ablative loculō loculīs
vocative locule loculī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: lòcul
  • French: locule
  • English: loculus, locule
  • Portuguese: lóculo

References

  • loculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • loculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • loculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • loculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • loculus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin