loculus
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
botany: cavity of a compound ovary
References edit
- “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 edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive form of Latin locus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.ku.lus/, [ˈɫ̪ɔkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.ku.lus/, [ˈlɔːkulus]
Noun edit
loculus m (genitive loculī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | loculus | loculī |
| Genitive | loculī | loculōrum |
| Dative | loculō | loculīs |
| Accusative | loculum | loculōs |
| Ablative | loculō | loculīs |
| Vocative | locule | loculī |
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References edit
- “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