different between loculus vs locule

English

Etymology

Latin loculus

Noun

loculus (plural loculi)

1. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
2. In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn.
3. (zoology) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
4. (botany) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.

Derived terms

• locular

References

• loculus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• loculus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• colulus, ullucos

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of Latin locus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lo.ku.lus/, [????k????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lo.ku.lus/, [?l??kulus]

Noun

loculus m (genitive locul?); second declension

1. A small place
2. coffin
3. manger, stall
4. purse, pocket

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• locul?mentum
• locul?tus

Related terms

• locellus

Descendants

• Portuguese: lóculo

References

• loculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• loculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• loculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• loculus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• loculus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

Compare French locule. See loculus.

Noun

locule (plural locules)

1. (zoology) A little hollow; a loculus.

Anagrams

• Cuello, leucol

French

Noun

locule m (plural locules)

1. locule, loculus

Latin

Noun

locule

1. vocative singular of loculus