Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1039.locus on page 1039
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locus place
locus is a Latin Noun that primarily means place.
Definitions for locus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
place, passage in literature
English derivatives:
allocate dislocate locality locomotion
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A place (regarded as having extent), locality, neighbourhood, etc. (b) (pl., often loosely regions, parts). (c) (applied vaguely to an inhabited place, town, village, or sim.). (d) each of the twelve regions through which the signs of the zodiac were supposed to revolve.
- 2
A part of the body. (b) (pl.) the female genitals.
- 3
A point in space, spot, place. (b) (spec.) the place aimed at.
Sentences with locus
Latin to English
In illum locum fugient.Compare They will flee into that place.
Haec verba locūtī, profectī sumus nē in eō locō miserō morerēmur.Compare Having spoken these words, we set out so that we might not die in that miserable place.
Cum ad illum locum vēnerant, tum amīcōs contulerant.Compare Not only had they come to that place, but they also brought their friends. (or When they had come to that place they had brought their friends.)
In is locus res deduco, ut salvus sum nequeo.Compare Matters have been brought to such a pass, that we cannot be safe.
Romulus Proculus dico sui deus sum, templumque sui dedico in is locus iubeo.Compare Romulus said to Proculus that he was a god, and commanded a temple to be dedicated to himself on that spot.
In is profecto locus discedo, quo ego ipse venio.Compare He has departed indeed to those places to which I myself must come.
Ita tres imperator felicitas unus dies locus multus res publica conservo.Compare So by the good fortune of three generals, the republic was in one day saved in several places.
Nunc vero nec locus tibi ullus dulcior esse debet patria nec eam minus diligere debes, quod deformior est, sed misereri potius.Compare No place should be dearer to you than your homeland, nor should you love it less because it has grown uglier, but rather pity it the more.
Declension table for locus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | locus | locī / -a |
| Gen. | locī | locōrum |
| Dat. | locō | locīs |
| Acc. | locum | locōs / -a |
| Voc. | loce | locī / -a |
| Abl. | locō | locīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 58.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1039.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "locus, locī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/locus-loci.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 58.locus, locī on page 58
