See locus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "exemplī locō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "īlicō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "locālis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "locārium"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "locō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "loculus"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Balkan Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "loc"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian: loc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aromanian: loc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ruo",
"2": "loc"
},
"expansion": "Istro-Romanian: loc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Istro-Romanian: loc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ruq",
"2": "loc"
},
"expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: loc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Megleno-Romanian: loc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "loc"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: loc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: loc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dalmatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dlm",
"2": "luc",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "luc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "luc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "co",
"2": "locu"
},
"expansion": "Corsican: locu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Corsican: locu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "luogo",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Italian: luogo, logo (Tuscan, popular), loco, luoco (Central Italian or archaic)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: luogo, logo (Tuscan, popular), loco, luoco (Central Italian or archaic)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nap",
"2": "luoco"
},
"expansion": "Neapolitan: luoco",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Neapolitan: luoco"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "locu"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: locu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: locu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sardinian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc-src",
"2": "logu"
},
"expansion": "Logudorese: logu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Logudorese: logu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc-nuo",
"2": "locu"
},
"expansion": "Nuorese: locu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Nuorese: locu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Padanian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "lûc"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: lûc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: lûc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lld",
"2": "luega"
},
"expansion": "Ladin: luega",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladin: luega"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "log"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: log",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Lombard: log"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "loeug"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: loeug",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lombard: loeug"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "leu",
"3": "leugh"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: leu, leugh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: leu, leugh"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "lieu",
"3": "liug",
"4": "liac",
"5": "li",
"6": "lö"
},
"expansion": "Romansch: lieu, liug, liac, li, lö",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romansch: lieu, liug, liac, li, lö"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "łógo",
"3": "lógo",
"4": "liogo"
},
"expansion": "Venetan: łógo, lógo, liogo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetan: łógo, lógo, liogo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northern Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frp",
"2": "luè"
},
"expansion": "Franco-Provençal: luè",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Franco-Provençal: luè"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "lieu"
},
"expansion": "French: lieu\n→ English: lieu",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "French: lieu\n→ English: lieu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "lloc"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: lloc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: lloc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "lòc",
"3": "luec",
"4": "luòc"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: lòc, luec, luòc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: lòc, luec, luòc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "llueu"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: llueu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: llueu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "logo"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: logo\nFala: logu\nGalician: logo\nPortuguese: logo",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: logo\nFala: logu\nGalician: logo\nPortuguese: logo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "luego"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: luego",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: luego"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "locus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: locus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: locus"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Lokus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Lokus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Lokus"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "log",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": "→? Irish: log",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "if so, then an ancient borrowing"
},
"expansion": "(if so, then an ancient borrowing)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→? Irish: log (if so, then an ancient borrowing)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "lócus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: lócus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: lócus"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "locus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: locus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: locus"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*stel-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-ola",
"3": "stlocus"
},
"expansion": "Old Latin stlocus",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*stlokos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *stlokos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*stel-",
"t": "to put, place, locate"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Latin stlocus, probably from Proto-Italic *stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”). However, De Vaan is skeptical of this derivation due to the suffix *-okos not being attested in any other word, and leaves the origin open.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "locī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "locus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "loca",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "locī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "locō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "locum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "loca",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "locō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "loce",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "locī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "loca",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "locī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "((locus<2.loc>,loca<2.loc>))",
"footnote": "The inflection is irregular. For senses one and two, the declension follows the regular masculine pattern. For sense three, the plural forms become neuter in gender and form."
},
"expansion": "locus m (genitive locī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "((locus<2.loc>,loca<2.loc>))",
"footnote": "The inflection is irregular. For senses one and two, the declension follows the regular masculine pattern. For sense three, the plural forms become neuter in gender and form.\nThe locative is attested in Plautus, but was not in common use by the Classical period."
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin terms with collocations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "12 11 42 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 36 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
15,
23
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
25
]
],
"english": "to put someone in place of another",
"text": "aliquem in alicuius locum substituere",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 2.1.565–8:hypotactic.com\nAMPHITRUŌ: Tūn mē, verberō, audēs erum lūdificārī?\nTūne id dīcere audēs, quod nēmō umquam homō antehāc\nvīdit nec potest fīerī, tempore ūnō\nhomō īdem duōbus locīs ut simul sit?\nAMPHITRUO: You scoundrel; you dare to play tricks on me?\nYou dare to claim something which no man\nhas seen before, as it cannot be done, that one\nman can be in two places at the same time?"
},
{
"english": "There is a place in deep isolation: [Here] an island, by the jutting of [its] sides, forms a harbor ….",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.159–160",
"roman": "efficit obiectū laterum ….",
"text": "Est in sēcessū longō locus: īnsula portum"
}
],
"glosses": [
"place, spot (a specific location)"
],
"id": "en-locus-la-noun-vvpwth-e",
"links": [
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"spot",
"spot"
],
[
"location",
"location#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 11 42 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 36 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a passage of literature"
],
"id": "en-locus-la-noun-Rd1Iti2E",
"links": [
[
"passage",
"passage"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 11 42 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 36 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a region or general geographic area"
],
"id": "en-locus-la-noun-tvRSfi-K",
"links": [
[
"region",
"region"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(neuter, in the plural) a region or general geographic area"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"in-plural",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 11 42 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 36 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"opportunity, cause, occasion, grounds"
],
"id": "en-locus-la-noun-UmMoEffy",
"links": [
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"occasion",
"occasion"
],
[
"grounds",
"grounds"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫɔ.kʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɔː.kus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Plautus"
],
"word": "locus"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Old Latin",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stel-",
"Latin terms inherited from Old Latin",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "exemplī locō"
},
{
"word": "īlicō"
},
{
"word": "locālis"
},
{
"word": "locārium"
},
{
"word": "locō"
},
{
"word": "loculus"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Balkan Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "loc"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian: loc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aromanian: loc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ruo",
"2": "loc"
},
"expansion": "Istro-Romanian: loc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Istro-Romanian: loc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ruq",
"2": "loc"
},
"expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: loc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Megleno-Romanian: loc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "loc"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: loc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: loc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dalmatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dlm",
"2": "luc",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "luc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "luc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "co",
"2": "locu"
},
"expansion": "Corsican: locu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Corsican: locu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "luogo",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Italian: luogo, logo (Tuscan, popular), loco, luoco (Central Italian or archaic)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: luogo, logo (Tuscan, popular), loco, luoco (Central Italian or archaic)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nap",
"2": "luoco"
},
"expansion": "Neapolitan: luoco",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Neapolitan: luoco"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "locu"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: locu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: locu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sardinian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc-src",
"2": "logu"
},
"expansion": "Logudorese: logu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Logudorese: logu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc-nuo",
"2": "locu"
},
"expansion": "Nuorese: locu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Nuorese: locu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Padanian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "lûc"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: lûc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: lûc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lld",
"2": "luega"
},
"expansion": "Ladin: luega",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladin: luega"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "log"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: log",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Lombard: log"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "loeug"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: loeug",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lombard: loeug"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "leu",
"3": "leugh"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: leu, leugh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: leu, leugh"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "lieu",
"3": "liug",
"4": "liac",
"5": "li",
"6": "lö"
},
"expansion": "Romansch: lieu, liug, liac, li, lö",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romansch: lieu, liug, liac, li, lö"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "łógo",
"3": "lógo",
"4": "liogo"
},
"expansion": "Venetan: łógo, lógo, liogo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetan: łógo, lógo, liogo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northern Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frp",
"2": "luè"
},
"expansion": "Franco-Provençal: luè",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Franco-Provençal: luè"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "lieu"
},
"expansion": "French: lieu\n→ English: lieu",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "French: lieu\n→ English: lieu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "lloc"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: lloc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: lloc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "lòc",
"3": "luec",
"4": "luòc"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: lòc, luec, luòc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: lòc, luec, luòc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "llueu"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: llueu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: llueu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "logo"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: logo\nFala: logu\nGalician: logo\nPortuguese: logo",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: logo\nFala: logu\nGalician: logo\nPortuguese: logo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "luego"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: luego",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: luego"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "locus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: locus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: locus"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Lokus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Lokus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Lokus"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "log",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": "→? Irish: log",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "if so, then an ancient borrowing"
},
"expansion": "(if so, then an ancient borrowing)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→? Irish: log (if so, then an ancient borrowing)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "lócus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: lócus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: lócus"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "locus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: locus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: locus"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*stel-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-ola",
"3": "stlocus"
},
"expansion": "Old Latin stlocus",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*stlokos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *stlokos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*stel-",
"t": "to put, place, locate"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Latin stlocus, probably from Proto-Italic *stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”). However, De Vaan is skeptical of this derivation due to the suffix *-okos not being attested in any other word, and leaves the origin open.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "locī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "locus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "loca",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "locī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "locō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "locum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "loca",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "locō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "loce",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "locī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "loca",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "locī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "locīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "((locus<2.loc>,loca<2.loc>))",
"footnote": "The inflection is irregular. For senses one and two, the declension follows the regular masculine pattern. For sense three, the plural forms become neuter in gender and form."
},
"expansion": "locus m (genitive locī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "((locus<2.loc>,loca<2.loc>))",
"footnote": "The inflection is irregular. For senses one and two, the declension follows the regular masculine pattern. For sense three, the plural forms become neuter in gender and form.\nThe locative is attested in Plautus, but was not in common use by the Classical period."
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with collocations",
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
15,
23
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
25
]
],
"english": "to put someone in place of another",
"text": "aliquem in alicuius locum substituere",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 2.1.565–8:hypotactic.com\nAMPHITRUŌ: Tūn mē, verberō, audēs erum lūdificārī?\nTūne id dīcere audēs, quod nēmō umquam homō antehāc\nvīdit nec potest fīerī, tempore ūnō\nhomō īdem duōbus locīs ut simul sit?\nAMPHITRUO: You scoundrel; you dare to play tricks on me?\nYou dare to claim something which no man\nhas seen before, as it cannot be done, that one\nman can be in two places at the same time?"
},
{
"english": "There is a place in deep isolation: [Here] an island, by the jutting of [its] sides, forms a harbor ….",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.159–160",
"roman": "efficit obiectū laterum ….",
"text": "Est in sēcessū longō locus: īnsula portum"
}
],
"glosses": [
"place, spot (a specific location)"
],
"links": [
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"spot",
"spot"
],
[
"location",
"location#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a passage of literature"
],
"links": [
[
"passage",
"passage"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a region or general geographic area"
],
"links": [
[
"region",
"region"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(neuter, in the plural) a region or general geographic area"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"in-plural",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"opportunity, cause, occasion, grounds"
],
"links": [
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"occasion",
"occasion"
],
[
"grounds",
"grounds"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫɔ.kʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɔː.kus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Plautus"
],
"word": "locus"
}
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