The corpus record — Latin

loculamentum

loculamentum · n

a case, box, receptacle

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Where it lives

De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
De Architectura 7 · 1.21/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

lŏcŭlāmentum — Lewis & Short

lŏcŭlāmentum, i, n.loculus,

I a case, box, receptacle for any thing.

I In gen., for doves: loculamenta, quibus nidificent aves, Col. 8, 8, 3: novum, id. 8, 9, 3; for books: tecto tenus exstructa loculamenta, Sen. Tranq. 9, 7.—

II In partic., a case, box, cell, Vitr. 10, 14, 3: dentium, i. e. the gums, Veg. Vet. 2, 32.

In the wild

loculamentum Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.9.5
loculamenta Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 8.9.3
loculamentum Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.9.2
loculamentum Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.9.6
loculamentum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9.12.2
loculamenta Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 8.8.3

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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