"loc. cit." meaning in English

See loc. cit. in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin loco citato (“in the place cited”). Etymology templates: {{m|la|loco citato||in the place cited}} loco citato (“in the place cited”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} loc. cit. (not comparable)
  1. In the work (of the author specified) previously cited. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: ibid., op. cit. Translations (in the work previously cited): a. a. O. (German)
    Sense id: en-loc._cit.-en-adv-7NvwJI-o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for loc. cit. meaning in English (1.1kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "loco citato",
        "3": "",
        "4": "in the place cited"
      },
      "expansion": "loco citato (“in the place cited”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of Latin loco citato (“in the place cited”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "loc. cit. (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988, Clive Walker, The Prevention of Terrorism in British Law, Manchester University Press, page 132",
          "text": "See Greer, (1973), loc. cit., 206.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the work (of the author specified) previously cited."
      ],
      "id": "en-loc._cit.-en-adv-7NvwJI-o",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "cite",
          "cite"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ibid."
        },
        {
          "word": "op. cit."
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in the work previously cited",
          "word": "a. a. O."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loc. cit."
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "loco citato",
        "3": "",
        "4": "in the place cited"
      },
      "expansion": "loco citato (“in the place cited”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of Latin loco citato (“in the place cited”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "loc. cit. (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ibid."
    },
    {
      "word": "op. cit."
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms spelled with .",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adverbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988, Clive Walker, The Prevention of Terrorism in British Law, Manchester University Press, page 132",
          "text": "See Greer, (1973), loc. cit., 206.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the work (of the author specified) previously cited."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "cite",
          "cite"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the work previously cited",
      "word": "a. a. O."
    }
  ],
  "word": "loc. cit."
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.