locellus Latin · revision 9715

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''locellus''' ''m'' (genitive locellī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

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

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Caesar, quoted by Charisius.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(TLL) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a small box, casket, a compartment in a chest, as in Caesar, Valerius Maximus and Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In later Latin it meant a sarcophagus, the source of Spanish ''lucillo'' and Old Portuguese ''lucelo''.^(TLL)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for a small place, a small plot, a small estate.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin also used it of a monastery and of a space for writing.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small box, [[m|en|casket]]; a compartment.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A [[m|en|sarcophagus]].^(TLL)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A small place, plot or estate.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[locus]]

+ * [[loculus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}