loculus Latin · revision 8385

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la locus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫɔ.kʊ.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlɔː.ku.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''loculus''' ''m'' (genitive loculī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[locus]] “place” with the suffix [[-ulus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds the further origin of ⟨locus⟩ (Old Latin ⟨stlocus⟩) unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a small space: “a little too slippery a spot in the cellar”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a small space, a spot, as in Plautus, and a compartment, as in Pliny the Elder, who also uses it of a coffin.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In the plural ''loculī'' was a box with compartments for valuables, a money box, as in Plautus and Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Vegetius used it for a stall in a stable.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In the Vulgate it is the bier of the widow's son at Nain (Luke 7:14).^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a small space.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses ''loculī'' of a money box.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a coffin.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small space, spot.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|compartment]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # (plural) A box with compartments, a money box.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|coffin]]; a bier.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[loculāmentum]]

+ * [[locularis]]

+ * [[loculātus]]

+ * [[loculōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[locellus]]

+ * [[locus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}