locum
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈləʊkəm/[1]
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊkəm
Etymology 1
editNoun
edit- (British, Australia, informal) Short for locum tenens.[1]
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- "I asked about his Joes, he said the Joes could look after themselves and if Jack was bothered about them he could send a locum."
- (British, Australia, informal) A period working as a locum tenens.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 116:
- -- "I suppose you wouldn't like to do a locum for a month on the South coast? Three guineas a week with board and lodging." -- "I wouldn't mind," said Philip. -- "It's at Farnley, in Dorsetshire. Doctor South. You'd have to go down at once; his assistant has developed mumps. I believe it's a very pleasant place."
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editEtymology 2
editNoun
editlocum (plural loca)
- (historical) A share in a Genoese trading vessel.
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editItalian
editNoun
editlocum m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of lokum
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: lo‧cum
Etymology 1
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editlocum n (genitive locī); second declension
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | locum | loca |
genitive | locī | locōrum |
dative | locō | locīs |
accusative | locum | loca |
ablative | locō | locīs |
vocative | locum | loca |
Etymology 2
editNoun
editlocum m
References
edit- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the lightning has struck somewhere: fulmen locum tetigit
- (ambiguous) to collect together at one spot: in unum locum convenire, confluere
- (ambiguous) to go to a place: se conferre in aliquem locum
- (ambiguous) to go to a plac: petere locum
- (ambiguous) the matter has gone so far that...; the state of affairs is such that..: res eo or in eum locum deducta est, ut...
- (ambiguous) to give ground for suspicion: locum dare suspicioni
- (ambiguous) to collect, accumulate instances: multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere
- (ambiguous) to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
- (ambiguous) to be used as a proverb: proverbii locum obtinere (Tusc. 4. 16. 36)
- (ambiguous) to quote a passage of Plato: locum Platonis afferre, proferre (not citare)
- (ambiguous) to hold the first position in the state: principem in re publica locum obtinere
- (ambiguous) to occupy the first, second position in the state: principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
- (ambiguous) to found a colony somewhere: coloniam deducere in aliquem locum (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)
- (ambiguous) to elect a man to fill the place of another who has died whilst in office: sufficere aliquem in alicuius locum or alicui
- (ambiguous) to succeed a person in an office: alicui or in alicuius locum succedere
- (ambiguous) to concentrate all the troops at one point: cogere omnes copias in unum locum
- (ambiguous) to occupy a position (with troops): capere, occupare locum
- (ambiguous) to occupy a place beforehand: praeoccupare locum (Liv. 35. 27)
- (ambiguous) to choose suitable ground for an engagement: locum ad pugnam idoneum deligere
- (ambiguous) the lightning has struck somewhere: fulmen locum tetigit
- locum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Old English
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