lŏcŭlus (noun M) : dim.locus
* A little place.
* In gen.: in cella est paulum nimis loculi lubrici,Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 38.
* In partic.
* A coffin: equites in loculis asservati,Plin. 7, 16, 16, § 75; Vulg. Luc. 7, 14: hunc (pollicem regis in dextro pede) cremari cum reliquo corpore non potuisse tradunt, conditumque loculo in templo, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20.
* A bier, Fulg. Planc. Exposit. Serm. p. 558 Merc.
* A compartment, manger, stall: loculi vel marmore vel lapide vel ligno facti distinguendi sunt, ut singula jumenta hordeum suum ex integro nullo praeripiente consumant,Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 4.
* In plur.: loculi, a small receptacle with compartments, a coffer or casket for keeping all sorts of things in: gestit enim nummum in loculos demittere,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 175; id. S. 1, 3, 17: gramina continuo loculis depromit eburnis,Ov. F. 6, 749: hos de flavā loculos implere monetā,Mart. 14, 12: in quibus (loculis) erant claves vinariae cellae,Plin. 14, 13, 14, § 89.— Hence, stimulorum loculi, applied to a bad slave, qs. you receptacle for goads (with which slaves were chastised), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 11; v. stimulus.
* Esp., a purse, pocket: e peculiaribus loculis suis,out of his own pocket,Suet. Galb. 12: laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto,Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56: neque enim loculis comitantibus itur ad casum tabulae,Juv. 1, 89; 10, 46 al.

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