loculusn.

Brit.

/ˈlɒkjᵿləs/, U.S.

/ˈlɑkjələs/

Inflections: Plural loculi.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin loculus.

Etymology: < classical Latin loculus small space, spot, compartment, pigeonhole, (plural) box divided into compartments, in post-classical Latin also coffin (Vulgate), grave, tomb (6th cent.), reliquary (9th cent.), small cavity or cell (1675 in the passage translated in quot. 1694 at sense 2, or earlier) < locus place (see locus n.¹) + -ulus -ulus suffix.It is unclear whether the following example shows the English or the Latin word: ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1378 Loculus [L. loculus] is a purse in þe whiche moneye is ydo and ykepte.

1. An ancient coffin; (also) a small chamber or cell in an ancient tomb for the reception of a body or an urn; a burial niche (cf. columbarium n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > cell or niche in

loculus1614

arcosolium1876

1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. iii. 94 Sepulchrum was in old time a vault or arched-roofe, rounde about the wals whereof were placed certaine coffines called loculi, within which those former vrnæ were laid vp & kept.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 286 Heerin [sc. in the Catacumbe] were many vaulted or arched walks hewn out of the Rock, and on each hand all along other vaults..all hewn into troughs or loculi, wherein they deposited their dead bodies.

?1740 Erskine tr. Trav. & Adventures Mademoiselle de Richelieu (ed. 2) II. 91 On each Side of these [sc. the Catacombs'] Passages are two or three Rows of Loculi, or Graves cut out of the Rock or Sand..like Troughs each of them capable of receiving a Body.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. vi. 123 St. Elizabeth's loculus was put into its Shrine here.

1883 Fortn. Rev. July 137 Another spacious cave..containing chambers and a number of loculi for corpses.

1909 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 20 4 Marble slab with pedimented top, belonging to a loculus.

1947 Life 22 Dec. 76/2 Deep, coffin-shaped shafts were cut into the walls..; these were the loculi, the chambers in which bodies were sealed until the flesh had decomposed.

2000 J. Crook Archit. Setting Cult Saints iii. 89 The loculus containing the saint's body was thus made more accessible.

2. Zoology, Anatomy, and Botany. A small cavity or chamber within a structure, often one of several which may be separated from each other by septa, esp. (in later use) in the ovary, fruit, or anther of a plant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > compartment or cavity

loculus1694

compartment1772

alveolus1800

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity

pita1275

holec1300

cella1398

den1398

follicle?a1425

purse?a1425

pocketa1450

fossac1475

cystis1543

trench1565

conceptory1576

vesike1577

vesicle1578

vault1594

socket1601

bladderet1615

cistern1615

cavern1626

ventricle1641

bladder1661

antrum1684

conceptaculum1691

capsule1693

cellule1694

loculus1694

sinus1704

vesicula1705

vesica1706

fosse1710

pouch1712

cyst1721

air chamber1725

fossula1733

alveole1739

sac1741

sacculus1749

locule1751

compartment1772

air cell1774

fossule1803

umbilicus1811

conceptacle1819

cœlia1820

utricle1822

air sac1835

saccule1836

ampulla1845

vacuole1853

scrobicule1880

faveolus1882

1694 R. Blome tr. A. Le Grand Entire Body Philos. iii. 248/2 The Images of Corporeal Objects recur in the same order as they entred the Loculi [L. loculos] or Cells of the Brain, and stir up the same kind of motion in their Nerves.

1745 J. Parsons Microsc. Theatre Seeds 194 When the Fruit is green it is like a Grape in Form and Taste, divided into three Loculi or Cells.

1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 199 Loculi, Loculamenta, Thecæ. The hollow spaces in the pericarpium formed by the doubling of the panninterne.

1861 J. R. Greene Man. Animal Kingdom II. 176 The number of septa in process of formation is often less than the number of loculi.

1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 182 A simple cyst consists of a single loculus. A compound or multilocular cyst is one consisting of numerous loculi.

1926 Bot. Gaz. 81 154 In a given loculus of an anther the pollen mother cells of the apple show little variation in stage of development.

1987 R. L. Fletcher Seaweeds Brit. Isles III. i. 36 In the sporangial mother cell of plurilocular sporangia..the zoospores (often referred to as plurispores) are formed individually in small, walled cells (loculi).

2009 B. J. Pellow et al. Flora Sydney Region (ed. 5) 43 To count the loculi in an ovary, cut a transverse section of the ovary and then lightly squeeze the bottom half.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	loculus
释义	loculusn. Brit. /ˈlɒkjᵿləs/, U.S. /ˈlɑkjələs/ Inflections: Plural loculi. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin loculus. Etymology: < classical Latin loculus small space, spot, compartment, pigeonhole, (plural) box divided into compartments, in post-classical Latin also coffin (Vulgate), grave, tomb (6th cent.), reliquary (9th cent.), small cavity or cell (1675 in the passage translated in quot. 1694 at sense 2, or earlier) < locus place (see locus n.¹) + -ulus -ulus suffix.It is unclear whether the following example shows the English or the Latin word: ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1378 Loculus [L. loculus] is a purse in þe whiche moneye is ydo and ykepte. 1. An ancient coffin; (also) a small chamber or cell in an ancient tomb for the reception of a body or an urn; a burial niche (cf. columbarium n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > cell or niche in loculus1614 arcosolium1876 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. iii. 94 Sepulchrum was in old time a vault or arched-roofe, rounde about the wals whereof were placed certaine coffines called loculi, within which those former vrnæ were laid vp & kept. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 286 Heerin [sc. in the Catacumbe] were many vaulted or arched walks hewn out of the Rock, and on each hand all along other vaults..all hewn into troughs or loculi, wherein they deposited their dead bodies. ?1740 Erskine tr. Trav. & Adventures Mademoiselle de Richelieu (ed. 2) II. 91 On each Side of these [sc. the Catacombs'] Passages are two or three Rows of Loculi, or Graves cut out of the Rock or Sand..like Troughs each of them capable of receiving a Body. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. vi. 123 St. Elizabeth's loculus was put into its Shrine here. 1883 Fortn. Rev. July 137 Another spacious cave..containing chambers and a number of loculi for corpses. 1909 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 20 4 Marble slab with pedimented top, belonging to a loculus. 1947 Life 22 Dec. 76/2 Deep, coffin-shaped shafts were cut into the walls..; these were the loculi, the chambers in which bodies were sealed until the flesh had decomposed. 2000 J. Crook Archit. Setting Cult Saints iii. 89 The loculus containing the saint's body was thus made more accessible. 2. Zoology, Anatomy, and Botany. A small cavity or chamber within a structure, often one of several which may be separated from each other by septa, esp. (in later use) in the ovary, fruit, or anther of a plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > compartment or cavity loculus1694 compartment1772 alveolus1800 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity pita1275 holec1300 cella1398 den1398 follicle?a1425 purse?a1425 pocketa1450 fossac1475 cystis1543 trench1565 conceptory1576 vesike1577 vesicle1578 vault1594 socket1601 bladderet1615 cistern1615 cavern1626 ventricle1641 bladder1661 antrum1684 conceptaculum1691 capsule1693 cellule1694 loculus1694 sinus1704 vesicula1705 vesica1706 fosse1710 pouch1712 cyst1721 air chamber1725 fossula1733 alveole1739 sac1741 sacculus1749 locule1751 compartment1772 air cell1774 fossule1803 umbilicus1811 conceptacle1819 cœlia1820 utricle1822 air sac1835 saccule1836 ampulla1845 vacuole1853 scrobicule1880 faveolus1882 1694 R. Blome tr. A. Le Grand Entire Body Philos. iii. 248/2 The Images of Corporeal Objects recur in the same order as they entred the Loculi [L. loculos] or Cells of the Brain, and stir up the same kind of motion in their Nerves. 1745 J. Parsons Microsc. Theatre Seeds 194 When the Fruit is green it is like a Grape in Form and Taste, divided into three Loculi or Cells. 1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 199 Loculi, Loculamenta, Thecæ. The hollow spaces in the pericarpium formed by the doubling of the panninterne. 1861 J. R. Greene Man. Animal Kingdom II. 176 The number of septa in process of formation is often less than the number of loculi. 1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 182 A simple cyst consists of a single loculus. A compound or multilocular cyst is one consisting of numerous loculi. 1926 Bot. Gaz. 81 154 In a given loculus of an anther the pollen mother cells of the apple show little variation in stage of development. 1987 R. L. Fletcher Seaweeds Brit. Isles III. i. 36 In the sporangial mother cell of plurilocular sporangia..the zoospores (often referred to as plurispores) are formed individually in small, walled cells (loculi). 2009 B. J. Pellow et al. Flora Sydney Region (ed. 5) 43 To count the loculi in an ovary, cut a transverse section of the ovary and then lightly squeeze the bottom half. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614
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