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English
Etymology
From Latin loculus.
Noun
loculus (plural loculi)
- A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
- 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.
- (zoology) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
- (botany) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
- Synonym: locule
Derived terms
Translations
botany: cavity of a compound ovary
References
- “loculus”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “loculus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive form of Latin locus.
Pronunciation
Noun
loculus m (genitive loculī); second declension
- A small place
- coffin
- manger, stall
- purse, pocket
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
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