loculus

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.

   Synonyms: locule, loculament

Derived terms

• locular
• proloculus
• pseudoloculus

Translations

botany: cavity of a compound ovary

Catalan: lòcul m French: loge (fr) f German: Fruchtknotenfach n Greek: κοιλότητα (el) f (koilótita) Italian: loculo (it) m Portuguese: lóculo (pt) m Spanish: lóculo (es) m Welsh: cellan f

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “loculus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “loculus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• colulus, ullucos

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of Latin locus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɔ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔː.ku.lus]

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

• loculāmentum
• loculātus

Related terms

• locellus

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