locus

honesto loco natus est
born of a noble family missi sunt nuntii quo loco res essent
messages were sent telling in which place the things were nunc defendendi negandive est locus
now there is a place for defending and denying

locus , ī, m., pl. loca, n., and locī, m.: a place, 1.159, and freq.; site, 1.425; country, locality, region, 1.51; station, 2.30; way, 2.633; place, point, 2.322; lot, 5.492; room, opportunity, place, 4.319; space, course, 11.180.

lŏcus (old form stlocus, like stlis for lis, Quint. 1, 4, 16), i, m. (lŏcum, i, n., Inscr. ap. Grut. 129, 14; plur. loci, single places; loca, places connected with each other, a region; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 666 sq., and v. infra), a place, spot.

• I Lit.
• • A In gen.: adsedistis in festivo loco, i. e. the theatre, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 83 (161): locum sibi velle liberum praeberier, ubi nequam faciat clam, id. Poen. 1, 1, 49 (177); 3, 3, 44 (658); cf. 3, 2, 25 (602): omnes copias in unum locum convenire, Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2: Galli qui ea loca incolerent, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: locorum situm naturam regionis nosse, Liv. 22, 38: Romae per omnes locos, Sall. J. 32: facere alicui locum in turba, Ov. A. A. 2, 210: ex loco superiore agere, of an orator speaking from the rostra, or of a judge pronouncing judgment: de loco superiore dicere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102: ex aequo loco, of one speaking in the Senate or conversing with another: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti, id. Fam. 3, 8, 2: ex inferiore loco, to speak before a judge, id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: primus locus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, Nep. praef. 6.—A post, position: loco movere, to drive from a place or post, Ter. Phorm. 32; so, loco deicere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: loco cedere, to give way, abandon one's post, retire, Sall. C. 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 15.—
  • B In partic.
  • • 1 A place, seat, in the theatre, the circus, or the forum: Servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus, room, seats, Plaut. Cas. prol. 23.— Esp. the place assigned by the Senate to foreign ambassadors: locum ad spectandum dare, Cic. Mur. 35, 73; 34, 72; so Liv. 30, 17. —Plur. loca, Liv. 34, 44, 5; Vell. 2, 32, 3; Suet. Claud. 21; id. Ner. 11; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21.—But plur. loci, Tac. A. 15, 32.—
    • 2 So of the lodging, quarters, place of abode assigned to foreign ambassadors for their residence: locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa, Liv. 28, 39, 19; 30, 17, 14; 42, 26, 5; Symm. Ep. 4, 56; Sid. Ep. 8, 12: loca lautia, Ap. Met. 3, 26, 17.—
    • 3 A piece or part of an estate: stricte loquendo locus non est fundus sed pars aliqua fundi, Dig. 50, 16, 60: locus certus ex fundo possideri potest, ib. 41, 2, 26.—
    • 4 A place, spot, locality; a country region: hau longe abesse oportet homines hinc; ita hic lepidust locus, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35 (254): nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum, id. Aul. 4, 6, 7 (673): non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10; Verg. A. 1, 530; Caes. B. G. 5, 12.—Poet. of the inhabitants of a place, a neighborhood: numina vicinorum odit uterque locus, Juv. 15, 37.—Of a place where a city once stood, a site: locus Pherae, Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13: locus Buprasium, Hyrmine, id. ib.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 280.—Plur. rarely loci: quos locos adiisti, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86 (928): locos tenere, Liv. 5, 35, 1: occupare, Sall. J. 18, 4; 76, 1; Lucr. 4, 509; Verg. A. 1, 306; 2, 28; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 22; Tac. A. 1, 61; 13, 36; Suet. Tib. 43.—Usually loca: loca haec circiter, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8 (678): venisse in illa loca, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5; id. Fin. 5, 1, 2 sq.; Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 2; Lucr. 1, 373; 2, 146; Cat. 9, 7; 63, 3; Sall. J. 18, 11; 54, 3; Verg. G. 2, 140; id. A. 1, 51; 2, 495; Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; Tib. 4, 1, 97; Ov. M. 10, 29; Liv. 1, 1, 5; 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 4 et saep.—
    • 5 In war or battle, a post, station (plur. loca): tum loca sorte legunt, Verg. A. 5, 132: loca jussa tenere, id. ib. 10, 238: loca servare, Amm.25, 6, 14.—
    • 6 Loci and loca, of parts of the body: loci nervosi, Cels. 5, 26, 26.—Esp.: muliebres, Varr. L. L. 5, 2, 15; and without adj., in females, the womb: si ea lotio locos fovebit, Cato R. R. 157, 11: cum in locis semen insederit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51; Cels. 2, 8. —Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 10.—Of birds, Col. 8, 11, 8; Lucr. 14, 1246; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17: genitalia, Col. 7, 7, 4; cf. id. 8, 7, 2; 8, 11, 8; in males, Lucr. 4, 1034; 4, 1045.—
    • 7 Communis locus,
    • • • α The place of the dead: qui nunc abierunt hinc in communem locum, Plaut. Cas. prol. 19.—
        • β A public place: Sthenius ... qui oppidum non maximum maximis ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112.—
    • 8 A burial-place, grave; very freq. in epitaphs; v. Inscr. Orell. 8; 4499; 4500 sq.
• II Trop.
• • A A topic of discussion or thought; a matter, subject, point, head or division of a subject.
  • • 1 In gen.: cum fundamentum esset philosophiae positum in finibus bonorum, perpurgatus est is locus a nobis quinque libris, Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2: Theophrastus cum tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos, id. Fin. 1, 2, 6: hic locus, de natura usuque verborum, id. Or. 48, 162: philosophiae noti et tractati loci, id. ib. 33, 118: ex quattuor locis in quos honesti naturam vimque divisimus, id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Inv. 2, 3, 11; 2, 5, 16; 2, 8, 26 et saep.; Quint. 2, 4, 27; 2, 11, 6; 5, 8, 4; Juv. 6, 245; Tac. Or. 31.—
    • 2 Esp.: loci, the grounds of proof, the points on which proofs are founded or from which they are deduced: cum pervestigare argumentum aliquod volumus, locos nosse debemus, Cic. Top. 2, 7; id. de Or. 1, 13, 56; 3, 55, 210: traditi sunt ex quibus argumenta ducantur duplices loci, id. Or. 35; so sing.: itaque licet definire, locum esse argumenti sedem, id. Top. 2.—
    • 3 Esp.: loci communes, general arguments, which do not grow out of the particular facts of a case, but are applicable to any class of cases: pars (argumentorum) est pervagatior et aut in omnis ejusdem generis aut in plerasque causas adcommodata: haec ergo argumenta, quae transferri in multas causas possunt, locos communis nominamus, Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 47 sq.; cf. the passage at length; id. ib. 2, 16, 50 sq.; 2, 18, 56; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 3, 1, 12; 5, 1, 3; 5, 13, 57 al.—Sing.: vix ullus est tam communis locus, qui possit cohaerere cum causa, nisi aliquo proprio quaestionis vinculo copulatus, Quint. 2, 4, 30: locus, for communis locus, id. 4, 2, 117; 5, 7, 32.—
  • B A passage in a book or author; plur. loci (Zumpt, Gram. § 99): locos quosdam transferam, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 1, 36; 1, 4, 4; 5, 13, 42; 6, 3, 36; Tac. Or. 22: locos Lucreti plurimos sectare, Gell. 1, 21, 7; but rarely loca: loca jam recitata, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223; Amm.29, 2, 8.—
  • C Room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time, etc., for any thing: et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus, Ter. Heaut. 218: avaritia paululum aliquid loci rationi et consilio dedisset, Cic. Quint. 16, 53: de tuo in me animo iniquis secus existimandi videris nonnihil dedisse loci, to have given occasion, cause, reason, id. Fam. 3, 6, 6: dare suspicioni locum, id. Cael. 4, 9: dare locum dubitationis, id. Balb. 6, 16; Val. Fl. 4, 451: locum habere, to find a place: qui dolorem summum malum dicit, apud eum, quem locum habet fortitudo? Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117: in hoc altero dicacitatis quid habet ars loci? id. de Or. 2, 54, 219; so, locus est alicui rei: legi Aquiliae locus est adversus te, Dig. 9, 2, 27; cf.: huic edicto locus est, ib. 37, 10, 6; cf.: meritis vacat hic tibi locus, Verg. A. 11, 179: cum defendendi negandive non est locus, Quint. 5, 13, 8: quaerendi, id. 3, 8, 21.—Also in the sense of there is place for any thing, it finds acceptance: in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc., Cic. Or. 1, 4: si in mea familiaritate locus esset nemini nisi, etc., id. Planc. 33, 82: maledicto nihil loci est, id. Mur. 5, 12: locum non relinquere, to leave no room for, not to admit, to exclude: vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit, id. Quint. 15, 49; so, nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum, id. Fam. 1, 1, 2: nancisci locum, to find occasion: nactus locum resecandae libidinis, id. Att. 1, 18, 2: valde gaudeo, si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus, id. ib. 9, 7, 6.—
  • D In aliquo loco esse, to be in any place, position, situation, condition, state, relation: si ego in istoc siem loco, dem potius aurum, quam, etc., position, place, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 116 (1040): tanta ibi copia venustatum aderat, in suo quaeque loco sita munde, id. Poen. 5, 4, 8 (1181): in uxoris loco habere, Ter. Heaut. 104: in liberūm loco esse, Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 200; id. Planc. 11, 28; id. Brut. 1, 1; but more freq. without in: is si eo loco esset, negavit se facturum, id. Fam. 4, 4, 4: eodem loco esse, Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2; 7, 14, 6.—Esp. with a gen.: parentis loco esse, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61: hostium loco esse, Liv. 2, 4, 7: fratris loco esse, Cic. Fam. 5, 3, 1; 7, 3, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 7: nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc., not the proper occasion, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 1; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.— Hence, loco or in loco, at the right place or time, seasonably, suitably: posuisti loco versus Attianos, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4: epistolae non in loco redditae, id. ib. 11, 16, 1: dulce est desipere in loco, Hor. C. 4, 12, 28; so, locis: non insurgit locis? non figuris gaudet? Quint. 12, 10, 23: quo res summa loco? in what condition? Verg. A. 2, 322: quo sit fortuna loco, id. ib. 9, 723: quo sit Romana loco res, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 25: quo tua sit fortuna loco, Stat. Th. 7, 558: missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent, Liv. 2, 47, 5: primo loco, in the first place, first in order, Juv. 5, 12.—Freq. as a partit. gen.: quo loci for quo loco, Cic. Att. 8, 10; id. Div. 2, 66: eo loci for eo loco, id. Sest. 31, 68; Tac. A. 15, 74: eodem loci, Suet. Calig. 53: ubi loci, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 26 (987): ibidem loci, id. Cist. 2, 1, 53 (255): interea loci for interea, meanwhile, Ter. Eun. 126: postea loci, after that, afterwards, Sall. J. 102: ubicumque locorum, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 34: adhuc locorum, hitherto, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25 (385): ad id locorum, to that time, till then, hitherto, Sall. J. 63, 6; 73, 2; Liv. 22, 38, 12: post id locorum, after that, thereupon, Plaut. Cas. 1, 32 (120): inde loci, since then, Lucr. 5, 437.—
  • E Place, position, degree, rank, order, office, of persons or things: summus locus civitatis, Cic. Clu. 55, 150: tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit, id. Fam. 3, 9, 2: quem locum apud ipsum Caesarem obtinuisti? id. Phil. 2, 29, 71: res erat et causa nostra eo jam loci, ut, etc., id. Sest. 31, 68: Socrates voluptatem nullo loco numerat, id. Fin. 2, 28, 90: eodem loco habere, quo, etc., id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 6; 7, 77, 3; id. B. C. 1, 84, 2: indignantes eodem se loco esse, quo, etc., Liv. 42, 37, 8: sed esto, neque melius quod invenimus esse, neque par, est certe proximus locus, Quint. 10, 5, 6: erat ordine proximus locus, id. 7, 3, 36: humili loco, id. 4, 2, 2.—Plur. loca: ut patricii recuperarent duo consularia loca, Liv. 10, 15, 8: quinque augurum loca, id. 10, 8, 3; 42, 34, 15: omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset, id. 4, 57, 11; Tac. A. 2, 55: Vesta loca prima tenet, Ov. F. 6, 304.—Esp. of birth: infimo loco natus, Cic. Fl. 11, 24: esse summo loco natus, id. Planc. 25, 60: Tanaquil summo loco nata, Liv. 1, 34.—
• F Loco, adverbially, in the place of, instead of, for: criminis loco putant esse, quod vivam, Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 6: haec filium suum sibi praemii loco deposcit, id. Inv. 2, 49, 144.

locus, ī, m. (Plur. loci einzelne Orte, u. heterogen. loca Orte im Zusammenhange, Gegend), I) der Ort, Platz, die Stelle, A) im allg.: 1) eig.: qui ea loca incolerent, Caes.: proximos locos occupare, Sall.: ad id loci venire, Sall.: locum facere in turba, Platz machen, Ov.: vincendo locum facere, sich durch Besiegung des Feindes Raum schaffen, Curt.: ex od. de loco superiore dicere, agere, »von einer Erhöhung«, sowohl vom Tribunal als von der Rednerbühne (rostra) aus, Cic.: loco cedere, weichen, seinen Platz verlassen, Sall.: locum dare, Platz machen, zulassen, Cic.: locum dare alci, Platz geben, d.i. weichen, nachgeben, Ter.: loco movere, vom Orte wegtreiben, vertreiben, Ter. u. Cic.: so auch loco deicere, Hor.: ex omnibus locis (Winkeln) protrahi, Liv.

2) bildl.: locum dare, Raum geben, consilio, suspicioni, Cic.: locum habere stattfinden, Cic.: nullum misericordiae locum habuerunt, sie ließen kein Mitleiden mit ihnen aufkommen, Liv.: locus est nemini, niemand kann dazu gelangen, Cic.: ubi negotia fecissent locum otio, Raum gegeben, Vell.: Homero est locus in poëtis, Cic.: maledicto nihil loci est, findet nicht statt, Cic.: locum non relinquere preci, Ter., od. precibus, Cic., od. morti honestae, nicht Raum geben, Cic. – oft als Genet. partitiv., quo loci, Cic.: so auch eo loci, Cic.: eodem loci, Suet.: ubi loci res nostra est? Plaut.: ubicumque locorum, Hor.: ibidem loci, Plaut. – So nun a) prägn., der geeignete, rechte Ort, de cuius laude neque locus hic est, ut multa dicantur, neque etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 33: nec vero hic locus est, ut de moribus maiorum loquamur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1: nam nefacere si velim, non est locus, Plaut. truc. 877: loco, am rechten Platze, an rechter Stelle, quaerere, Cic., narrare (eine Erzählung in die Rede einflechten), Cic., lecta poëmata adiungere, Cic.: loco positus, am gehörigen Platze, recht angebracht, Cic.: so auch in loco (am geeigneten Orte, wenn es am Platze ist), zB. obsecundato in loco, Ter.: video eos sapere in loco, Ter.: dulce est desipere in loco, Hor.: in loco positus (s. vorh.), Cic.: vollst. suo loco, zB. de amplificatione dicere, Cic. part. or. 30. – b) die Stelle in der Reihenfolge, secundo loco, zweitens, Cic.: priore loco dicere, zuerst, Cic., Ggstz. posteriore loco dicere, Cic.: tertio et tricesimo loco ab Nino natus, Vell.: post hunc tertio loco regnasse Faunum ferunt, Iustin.: magnum locum facere operi suo inter etc., einen wichtigen Platz anweisen, Vell. – bes. von den Senatoren bei der Abstimmung, antiquior sententiae dicendae locus, vorangehende Stelle, Vortritt, Cic.: loco dicere, an seiner Stelle (d. h wenn die Reihe an ihn kommt), Cic.: suo loco sententiam dicere, Liv.: sententiae loco dicere, in der Reihe der Abstimmung, Plin. ep.: u. so sententiae loco in hunc modum disseruit, Tac.: praetorio loco dicere sententiam, als Prätor, Cic. Vgl. Mommsen Staatsrecht Bd. 3. S. 967. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 14, 42. – c) der Platz, die Stelle = der Rang, das Ansehen, das man jmdm. einräumt, quem locum apud Caesarem obtinuisti? Cic.: tenere oratorum locum, Cic.: eodem apud me loco, quo apud patronum, Cic.: dah. loco u. in loco m. Genet., anstatt, für, wie, filii loco esse, Cic.: alci parentis loco esse, Cic.: alqm diligere in fratris loco, wie einen Bruder, Ter.: alqm patris loco colere, Cic.: sunt qui criminis loco putent esse quod vivam, die es mir zum Vorwurf machen mögen, daß ich lebe, Cic.: dah. habere eo loco, so schätzen, Cic.: nullo loco numerare, nicht schätzen, Cic.: vocari in locum mortui, Cic. – d) der Posten, Rang, Stand, den jmd. im Staate einnimmt (s. Korte Cic. ep. 4, 18, 4 u. Sall. Iug. 63, 6), locus senatorius, equester, Cic.: loca consularia, Liv.: summus locus civitatis, Cic.: maiorum locum ei restituit, Caes.: loco movit signiferos, entsetzte ihrer Stellen, Caes.: non ignobilis inter causidicos loci fuit, Lact. – e) der Stand, Rang, den die Geburt verleiht, die Herkunft, isto loco femina, Cic.: homines inferiore loco, Cic.: honesto loco nati, Plin. ep.: obscuro loco nati, Cic.: summo loco nata, von hoher Geburt, Liv.: tenui loco orti, Liv.

B) insbes.: 1) als t. t. der Fechter- und Militärsprache, die Stellung, der Posten, die oder den man im Kampfe behaupten will, locum tenere, relinquere, Caes.: loco pellere, Auct. b. Afr.: im Bilde, loco movere, aus seiner Stellung (im Staate) vertreiben, Cic.: virtutis locum deseruit, Hor. – 2) loci od. loca, griech. τόποι, die Geburtsglieder, der Mutterleib der Menschen u. Tiere, loci muliebres, Varro LL. 5, 15: semen in locis insedit, Cic. – 3) die Stelle, die Partie, das Stück, der Satz, Abschnitt, Gedanke eines Buches, einer Wissenschaft, locus reprehensus, Ter.: aliquot locis significavit, Cic.: ad locum venias, Cic.: omnes philosophiae loci, das ganze Gebiet der Ph., Cic. – 4) Plur. loci, die Beweismittel, die Beweisquelle, locos nosse, Cic.: loci communes, allgemeine Beweisquellen, Cic. – 5) ein Stück von einem Gute, ICt.: dah. meton., ein Gut, Grundstück, Acker, Cic. u.a. – 6) der Ort zum Bewohnen = a) der Raum, das Gelaß, Gemach, die Wohnung, das Logis, locus oculi, die Augenhöhle, Plaut. Men. 1014: primus locus aedium, Nep. praef. § 6: loca et lautia, Liv.: loci tacentes, Tac.: loca tacentia, in der Unterwelt, Verg.: locum facere (einrichten) sub terra, Nep. – b) der Ort = die Stadt, opportunitas loci, Cic.: locus Pherae, loca Buprasium, Hyrmine, Plin.: is datus erat locus colloquio, Liv.: ubi nunc urbs est, tunc locus urbis erat, Ov. – c) die Gegend, loci fertilitas, Caes.: situs locorum montiumque, Vell.: loca temperatiora, Caes.: ea loca incolere, Caes.: de locis atque urbibus haec memoranda sunt, Mela. – d) die Grabstätte, das Grab, Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 3107.

II) übtr.: 1) die Zeit, der Raum in der Zeit, a) übh.: ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus, Ter.: inde loci, hierauf, Lucr.: interea loci, Komik.: postidea loci, Plaut.: postea loci, Sall.: post id locorum, hernach, Plaut.: tunc locorum, Tertull.: ad id locorum, bis auf diese Zeit, Sall. u. Liv.: so auch ad hoc locorum, Fronto ad amic. 2, 7. p. 193, 8 N.: u. adhuc locorum, Plaut.: ex hoc loco, Plaut., od. ad locum, auf der Stelle, zur Stelle, alsbald, Liv. – b) prägn., die Gelegenheit, Veranlassung, si est ullus gaudendi locus, Cic.: ne illis quidem ad fugam locus est, Tac.: qui igitur relictus est obiurgandi locus? Ter.: locum dare, Gelegenheit geben, existimandi, Cic.: u. so locum dare nocendi, eine Blöße geben, Nep.: locum dare nobis loquendi, Plaut. capt. 212: locum dare Veientibus ad incendenda opera, Lic.: locum facere (Gel. geben zu) poëtarum mendacio, magnae iacturae, Curt., titulo muneribusque, Ov.: locum aperire suspicioni, dem V. sich aussetzen, Cic.: locum aperire hosti ad occasionem, Gelegenheit geben, einen Handstreich auszuführen, eine Blöße geben, Liv.: locum seditionis quaerere, Liv.: quaerere locum mentioni alcis, Vell. – 2) der Standpunkt, die Lage, die Umstände, der Zustand, die Verfassung, in eum incĭdi locum, Ter.: peiore loco non potest res esse, Ter.: meliore loco erant res nostrae, Cic.: res erat eo loci, Cic.: si (homo) eo loco esset, Cic.: si in istoc sim loco, Plaut.: tuli graviter et acerbe, iudices, in eum me locum adduci (daß mir nur die Alternative bleibt), ut aut... aut etc., Cic. – 3) ein Punkt, eine Sache, ein Stück, alter erat locus cautionis, ne etc., Cic.: cui loco consulite, Cic.: loci, in quos honesti naturam divisimus, Cic. – ➳ Arch. Nbf. stlocus, nach Quint. 1, 4, 16 u. Paul. ex Fest. 312, 6. Über die Plur. loci u. loca s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 808 ff.

locus [CL, pl. ~i, ~a] 1 part of space having definite location, place; b (identified by proper name); c (transf., w. ref. to intellectual or spiritual place); d (in art of memory, w. ref. to place in which mental images are located). ne [affectus] ‥ longa ~orum intercapidine refrigescant Aldh. Met. 4 p. 75; corpus ejus in ultimis est monasterii ~is humatum Bede HE V 14 p. 314; vidi tenebris loca cuncta repleri Alcuin SS Ebor 921; ~orum vel propinquitas ‥ vel longinquitas Anselm (Ep. 13) III 118; a1271 (15c) sic per rupem usque ad primum ~um de Southehou (Ch. Warton, Lancs) EHR XVII 294; 1313 ~us includitur per mare circumquaque preterquam in introitu ejusdem ~i Eyre Kent I 131; 1577 infra aliquos alios ~os, glebas, terras glebales, fundos, seu alios ~os quoscumque [Dublin] (Pat) Gild Merch. II 63.  b 704 (? 8c) hanc donationem ‥ confirmavi in ~o Arcendale CS 111; est locus oceano dictus cognomine Farne Alcuin SS Ebor 656; ad ~um qui Senlac antiquitus vocabatur convenerant Ord. Vit. III 14 p. 147.  c due spirituales operationes possunt simul esse in uno loco sensibili, sed non in uno ~o intellectuali Hales Sent. I 369; angelus est in ~o spirituali secundum substantiam Ib. II 74.  d ad artificialem memoriam duo necessaria requiruntur, sc ~a certa, ymagines quoque rerum; ~a autem sunt quasi tabule quibus inscribimus, ymagines quasi littere eis inscripte Bradw. AM 1–2; sit ‥ ~us primus quasi terra ‥ vacua, secundus quasi viridarium [etc.] Ib. 23. 2 (sg. only) place, space, extension (in general); b (gram., w. ref. to var. parts of speech expressing local relations). plenaria causa septem habet circumstantias, personam, factum, tempus, ~um ‥; in ~o [quaeritur] ubi factum sit Alcuin Rhet. 6; figit et aspectum, dissociante loco, / quo fessus rapitur ‥ viator Wulf. Swith. pref. 204; fortasse quodam modo est summa natura in ~o vel tempore quo non prohibetur sic esse simul tota in singulis locis [1a supra] vel temporibus Anselm (Mon. 22) I 39; ~us ‥ passio est superficiei ‥; et ideo de ~o et tempore non debent esse scientie mathematice Kilwardby OS 193; differentie ~i sunt sursum et deorsum Bacon XIII 183; ~us est ‥ ultima pars corporis continentis [cf. Arist. Phys. 212a4–5] Ockham Quodl. 24.  b ‘hic’ [Act. viii 10] non adverbium ~i sed pronomen est Bede Retract. 1016; ‘foras’ adverbium ad ~um ‥, et ‘foris’ in ~o Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 217; Ps.-Gros. Gram. 59 (v. hac 1a). 3 place (variously described or defined); b (w. ref. to natural feature); c (w. ref. to suitability for spec. purpose). eventum ‥ discriminis tuto in ~o exspectabat Bede HE III 24 p. 178; amenus ~us, luffendlic stede Ælf. Gl. 139. 36; sanctorum corpora ‥ ad peregrina ~a devehuntur Ord. Vit. III 1 p. 7; ex vicinis ~is Ib. VI 9 p. 80; superbia ‥ nos ‥ in vallem miserie et ~um lacrimarum dejecit T. Chobham Praed. 239; si in ~is clausis non venirent radii solis ‥ accidentales Gros. 72; ~a terre habitabilia Kilwardby OS 105; 1405 ~a decimabilia (v. decimabilis).  b maritima ~a V. Cuthb. II 3; quod ‥ cantus avium ruralia magis ~a quam aulica reddat jocunda Bede Cant. 1110; per paludis asperrima ~a Ord. Vit. IV 15 p. 271; turrim in eminenti ~o [gl.: lu] sitam Neckam Ut. 104; in losis [v. l. locis] saxosis Alph. 85 (v. icerdatel); 1354 in singulis portubus ‥ ac in singulis villis in ~o sicco situatis Cl 192 m. 1d..  c locum districtis usibus aptum Alcuin SS Ebor 1096; plecto mihi retia, et pono ea in ~o apto [AS: on stowe gehæppre] Ælf. Coll. 92; ut eam [turrim] in congruo ~o statueret G. Mon. VI 17; refectorario ‥ ~us non erat in diversario, in quo pestis illa mortifera [sc. puella] valeret abscondi Cust. Westm. 134. 4 (described w. ref. to occurrence or sim.); b (w. ref. to battle ground; also in fig. context). c (~us combustionis, in optics) burning-point, focus. sepulturae [5c supra] et passionum ~a Gildas EB 10; hodie monstratur in harenis ~us ubi pariter orabant Bede Acts 986; ut [corpus] a ~o dormitionis nullatenus moveri potuisset Ord. Vit. III 4 p. 67.  b ~us certaminis belligerantibus inaequalis erat Asser Alf. 39; ~us ‥ belli pertranseuntibus evidenter patet Ord. Vit. III 14 p. 144; ex quo die ‥ coepistis servire Christo, ingressi estis ~um pugne Ailr. Serm. 17. 2. 294.  c omnes radii reflexi a superficie corporis concavi concurrunt ad punctum unum, et in illo puncto et circa est ~us combustionis Gros. 71. 5 (used for spec. purpose): a (var.); b (for habitation); c (for burial). d (~us publicus, ~us privatus) public (private) place. a ita ut ‥ in ~o joci ‥ triumphans aliquem secum ludificantem expectaret V. Cuthb. I 3; crustis glacierum, quas ‥ contriverat quo haberet ~um standi sive inmergendi in fluvio Bede HE V 12 p. 310; auditorium, ~us legendi GlC A 960; 786 (? 12c) in aquilone parte venalis ~i CS 248; locum cinerum Æthelwulf Abb. 668; 1310 ~us communis ad explectandum (v. explectare); tenent ‥ j ~um sterquilinii Feod. Durh. 38; per medium ville tractus ad ~um supplicii G. Hen. V 2.  b Saxonum gens ‥ in orientali parte insulae ‥ ~um manendi ‥ suscipit Bede HE I 15 p. 31 (cf. ib.: ~um habitationis); ~um nidificandi sibi [sc. harundinibus] eligere Felix Guthl. 39 p. 122; ? a1150 dederunt ~um habitacionis Catenhale Deo et S. Marie et domino J. sacerdoti Cart. Chester 47 p. 94.  c Gildas EB 10 (v. 4a supra); si quis ecclesiam habeat ubi positionis ~us non sit (Quad.) GAS 294 (cf. (Inst. Cnuti) ib.: cimiterium, legerstow); occidatur et in ~o latronum sepeliatur (Inst. Cnuti) GAS 337 (cf. (Quad.) ib.: cum dampnatis mittatur, on fulan lecge); extra monasterium ubi ~us erat sepeliendi asportatur Ord. Vit. VI 9 p. 77.  d licet cuilibet bono viro ‥ in privatis ~is predicare ‥ vicinis suis, quamvis non liceat eis in ecclesia vel in ~is publicis sacram scipturam exponere T. Chobham Praed. 57–8; c1245 (v. herigaldum); Gower VC IV 753 (v. glossa 5). 6 (as general term): a inhabited place, town, manor, farm, estate, stead. b court of law. c (~us mercati) (app.) booth or other permanent installation in market. a condidit ~um magnum super ripam fluminis, quod vocatur Renis Nen. HB 48 p. 192; c1193 ut ~a wasti mei de Selechirche, ad que transtuli homines meos de E., sint de parochia ville mee de S. Regesta Scot. 367 p. 363; 1308 [commisimus] ~a de Herba Faveria et de Borne cum ‥ ballivis dictorum ~orum Arnaldo RGasc IV 146; 1460 per integras firmas decem et septem ~orum ‥ dictorum forestarestedis de warda de Tureda ExchScot VII 24; 1467 cum per ~a vestra, terras, castra, villas, ‥ et passagia ipsum transire contigerit MunAcOx 724.  b in multis locis ‥ [episcopi] debent habere ‥ ~a judiciorum ferri aut aque (Inst. Cnuti) GAS 615; 1488 T. P. capitalis justiciarius de communi ~o [Court of Common Pleas] in Hibernia ‥, B. B., secundus justiciarius de capitali ~o [Court of King’s Bench] in Hibernia Pat 568 m. 9; 1595 placitare et implacitari ‥ in quibuscumque placeis, ~is et curiis nostris Ib. 1431 m. 18.  c s1327 stallos et ~a mercati ‥ amovendo (Chr. Abingd.) EHR XXVI 731. 7 a religious house, monastery, convent (also w. monasterialis, religiosus, or other adj.). b (~us sanctus, sacer, or sim.) sacred place, sanctuary. c (~a sanctorum) places dedicated to, or shrines of, the saints. a 672 ut ‥ monachi non migrent de ~o ad ~um, hoc est de monasterio ad monasterium, nisi per dimissionem proprii abbatis (Conc. Hertford) Bede HE IV 5 p. 216; a680 (a14c) monasterialem ~um ‥ construere CS 60; 966 ego Æðelgar primus huic ~o abbas ordinatus CS 1190 p. 464; diversis sui regiminis ~is [AS: stowum] RegulC 2; c1075 ex ‥ antiqua regularium ~orum consuetudine Conc. Syn. 613; 1477 ad universa monasteria seu ~a religiosa DCCant. p. 117a; c1530 ~a claustralia (v. canonicus 6a).  b Romam venire ibique ad ~a sancta vitam finire Bede HE IV 5 p. 214; ? 750 (? 8c) sanctissimam ‥ virginis Mariae ~um deonestare CS 160; hostes ‥ aecclesias irreverenter irruperunt et ‥ sacra ~a contaminaverunt Ord. Vit. XIII 38 p. 116; ~orum ‥ alius sacer, alius sanctus, alius religiosus: sacrum dicimus ~um qui per manus episcopi Deo est dedicatus; sanctus est ~us qui servitoribus ecclesie statuitur ‥; religiosus dicitur ‥ omnis ~us in quo sepelitur corpus hominis sive caput tantum Beleth RDO 159 col. 156; erunt placitata coram ballivo domini ad unum sanctum ~um ‥ que [sic] vocatur le mothow Terr. Fleet 83; 1342 ymago sancti ~i inhonestus et male depictus [sic] Vis. Totnes 110.  c †604 (12c) inquirere qualiter per ~a sanctorum ‥ aliquid de portione terrae nostrae ‥ debeamus offerre Ch. Roff. 1; consilium ‥ ducendi eum [sc. furiosum] per ~a sanctorum W. Malm. GP V 261 p. 416; cum multa visitasset ~a sanctorum ut visum reciperet Canon. S. Osm. 45. 8 a (as element in place-name, freq. corresponding to vernacular stede, lieu, or sim.; esp. in name of religious foundation, cf. Vis. Linc. III 243n.1); b (in surname). a 1169 canonici de Novo ~o [Newstead, Notts] Pipe 63 (cf. CalCh III 316: c1170 (1316) Novo ~o in Sirwuda); 1178 ipsum locum Stanlawe [Stanlow, Ches], quem mutato nomine Benedictum ~um vocari volumus (Couch. Whalley) Chetham Soc. X 2; 1201 ecclesie sancte Trinitatis de Novo ~o in Lindeseya [Newstead-on-Ancholme, Lincs] et canonicis RChart 84b; 1242 ad opus monachorum de ~o S. Edwardi [Netley, Hants] Pipe 274; s1216 [rex Johannes] construxit ‥ abbatiam Cisterciensis ordinis de Bello ~o [Beaulieu, Hants] M. Par. Maj. II 668; 1285 abbatem de ~o Regali [Rewley, Oxon] juxta Oxoniam Cart. Eynsham I 308; 1287 prior ‥ dicit quod cella sua de Bello ~o [Beadlow, Beds] ‥ pertinet ad abbatiam de S. Albano PQW 8a (= MonA III 277a).  b 1354 Petro de ~o (v. lanceator); Johannis de ~o Frumenti [Wheathampstead, Herts] Amund. II app. 270 (v. de 16c). 9 a place occupied by, or proper to, spec. thing or natural feature. b site, area (of or for building etc.). c (astr.) place, position (of heavenly body, or astr. event). a aptum corpori virginis sarcofagum inventum est ‥ et ~us quoque capitis ‥ ad mensuram capitis illius aptissime figuratus apparuit Bede HE IV 17 (19) p. 246; quedam pretiosissima de templo Salomonis extulit, sed postmodum ‥ vel eadem vel appretiata ~o restituit W. Malm. GR IV 370; †974 (14c) sicut quondam S. Clementi agnus pede dextro ~um fontis [significavit] CS 1310 p. 637; vapores expellunt aquas maris a ~is suis Gros. 70; in plantis et inanimatis, que ad ~um suum naturali nutu moventur Kilwardby OS 84.  b ut [rex] donaret ibi ~um monasterio construendo ‥ Dei famulo Bede HE III 24 p. 180; in ~o castri fuerunt xx mansiones ad omnes consuetudines DB I 203ra; †1093 (12c) dederunt huic ecclesie ‥ ~um unius molendini ad pontem civitatis Ch. Chester 3 p. 4; c1163 concessi eis ‥ ~um unum ad edificandum unam vaccariam ‥ et unam faldam Regesta Scot. 235 (= Melrose 3); 1324 ~um carceris (v. facere 17p).  c ipsorum siderum ~a quo fixa tenentur Bede Ep. Cath. 82; signaque zodiaci distinguere partibus alti, / quis cui conveniat ordo, locus, numerus Alcuin Carm. 74. 8; ~us conjunctionis Adel. Elk. 35 (v. horoscopus 1a); verus ~us [lune] est terminus linee ducte a centro terre per centrum corporis ejus in firmamentum; ‥ linea recta ducta ab oculo videntis ‥ per centrum corporis lune ‥ terminatur alibi quam predicta linea, et ~us ubi terminatur vocatur ~us lune apparens Gros. 30; Bacon Maj. I 381 (v. deteriorare 1b). 10 a place of birth, upbringing, residence, or sim. (also w. defining gen.). b place where office is held (also w. gen. indicating office). c (~us naturalis) natural place (of created being; cf. 12b infra). a non tellure locus mihi, non in parte polorum est Aldh. Aen. 3 (Nubes) 2; ~um nativitatis et educationis ejus [sc. Bedae] W. Malm. GR I 54 p. 59; Boamundus, ~o Appulus, gente Normannus Ib. IV 349 p. 400.  b episcopo rex ~um sedis episcopalis in insula Lindisfarnensi ‥ tribuit Bede HE III 3 p. 132; sine certo episcopatus ~o Anselm (Ep. 435) V 383; vij episcopus ‥ ordinavit, quorum nomina et ~os ibi [sc.id. GR II 129] qui volet leget W. Malm. GP I 13.  c sicut dicitur aliquis ~us naturalis corporis in quo creatum est ipsum corpus ‥, sic dicetur celum empyreum ~us naturalis ipsius angeli Hales Sent. I 379. 11 a place allotted to person, seat. b (soldier’s) post (in quot., in fig. context). a intrabant ad prandendum, et episcopus ‥ residebat in suo ~o Bede HE III 14 p. 156; decani ‥ est ‥ eis [sc. canonicis] stallum in choro et ~um in capitulo terminare Stat. Lichf. 16; loco sedeas, tibi quem signaverit hospes Stans Puer 12; 1376 injunctum est omnibus tenentibus quod quilibet eorum operantur ad molendinum ‥, et quod quilibet eorum capiant ~um suum tempestive Hal. Durh. 138; 1410 ~um in capitulo dignitati cancellarie pertinentur Stat. Linc. II 181.  b unusquisque suum ~um bene custodiat, vigilet ‥ ne hostis ingrediatur Ailr. Serm. 17. 4. 295. 12 a place (in or on human body; also w. ref. to seat of emotions or sim.). b (~us naturalis) natural place (of limb, joint, when not dislocated; cf. 10c supra). c affected, diseased or injured part (freq. w. dependent gen. or adj. indicating disease etc.). a inter ubera ‥ cordis esse ~um quis nesciat? Bede Cant. 1097; pars quam ire oportuerat sedendi ~um occupabat [in paralysed man] Gosc. Transl. Mild. 24 p. 191; ferreum uncum [Edmundo] ‥ in ~is posterioribus adegisse W. Malm. GR II 180 p. 217; in ~is juncturalibus Ps.-Ric. Anat. 9 (v. glandula a); ut tam cerebrum quam cor ‥ sit ~us operacionis sensus communis Kilwardby SP f. 42va; patiens ‥ sedet super illas herbas usque ad ~um lumbarum SB 20.  b donec [junctura] ad ~um redeat naturalem Gad. 128v. 2.  c non sum deosculatus ~a vulnerum [Christi], fixuras calvorum Anselm (Or. 2) III 8; Gilb. IV 204. 2 (v. erysipelatus); post fricacionem ~i Gad. 131. 1 (v. fricatio 2); lilium ‥, cujus ‥ folia ‥ ad combusta proficiunt ~a Alph. 98; ~us epithimatur SB 19 (v. 1 epithema 1a). 13 a place (in or on object); b (w. ref. to (position or square on) board for chess or other game). c container, box. d space, room (within container). a p936 quod [volumen] rex ‥ / ornavit titulis gemmigerisque locis CS 710 (cf. ASE IX 96n. 155); ~um [on abacus] ‥ ubi divisio sumit exordium Thurkill Abac. f. 59 (v. 2 frons 6b).  b octavus [canon] ‥ Lucam ‥ quarto ~o habere videtur Alea Evang. 176; exeunt a ~is suis pedites [pawns] Neckam NR II 184; est Adam de Strat[ton] in scaccario per escheke mat; / sumitur ille rocus, nec minor ille locus [? ‘board’] (Vers.) State Tri. Ed. I 98; cum aliquis homo venerit in paginam tφ, non potest amoveri de ~o usque tollatur Ludus Angl. 164.  c residuum [sc. reliquiarum] dedit adulescenti, ut suo in ~o reponeret [cf. ib.: sua in thexa; unless referred to9a supra] Bede HE IV 30 (32) p. 230; 1398 ista virga xiij ~o [sc. place in archive], carta quarta et iij Cart. Harrold 251 p. 150 (cf. ib. p. 6).  d Kilwardby SP f. 32va (cf. (v. longus 6d)). 14 (sufficient) space, room, (w. dat.) room (for). cum nullum ~um vacuum in eodem libello reperirem, in quo tale testimonium scribere possem, erat enim omnino ‥ refertus Asser Alf. 88; ut ‥ propter inopiam ~i in presepio brutorum animalium poneretur [cf. Luc. ii 7] Anselm (Sacr. 3) II 241; 1198 require compotum Gerwasii ‥ in dorso ‥ quia non erat ei hic ~us Pipe 172. 15 (in exprs. w. var. verbs) place (where one is): a (w. vb. of going away, withdrawing); b (w. vb. of remaining); c (w. vb. of removing, expelling). d (~um mutare) to change (one’s own or another’s) place. a vide ne exeas inde nec de ~o movearis Bede HE III 12 p. 151; ut [clerici] aut regulariter viverent aut ~o cederent W. Malm. GR II 149; cum ‥ nec adhuc elemosine portitor de ~o recessisset Ord. Vit. VI 9 p. 61.  b obstipuit, haesitque loco Frith. 500; noli ‥ quoquam ire, sed in ~o mane W. Malm. GP IV 145; impacientes more stare ~o nesciunt [cf. Verg. G. III 84] W. Fitzst. Thom. prol. 14 p. 10.  c [Aldhelmum] pretium libri percunctantem ~o cum ignominia deturbant W. Malm. GP V 224 p. 377; depulso ‥ R. abbate de ~o suo Ord. Vit. III 7 p. 95; Ludus Angl. 164 (v. 13b supra).  d conversor i. ~u[m] muto GlH C 1752; mutavit malefida locum defectio regis [? i. e. caused Wilfred to go to Ripon rather than York] Frith. 399. 16 (in var. phrases): a (per ~a) in various places, here and there, (per ~a ‥ per ~a) in some places ‥, in others. b (de ~o in ~um) from place to place. c (in omni ~o, omnibus ~is) everywhere, (ab omni ~o) from everywhere. d (in media ~o) in the middle (of), half way (between). e (in ~o) on the spot, immediately. Cf. ilico. a 672 (v. 17a infra); construebantur ‥ ecclesiae per ~a Bede HE III 3 p. 132; silva per ~a pastilis, per ~a inutilis DB I 307vb; 1302 (v. fotmellum); 1324 (v. harundinarius).  b 672 (v. 7a supra); quod [ferculum] ‥ de ~o ad ~um solent ‥ circumferri Bede Cant. 1125; animalia ‥ de ~o ad ~um se ipsa moventia Gir. TH I 13 p. 40; [pestilentia] de ~o ad ~um progrediens Avesb. f. 119.  c a ‥ omni ~o terrarum Lib. Monstr. I pref. (v. gyrus 3d); omnibus paene ‥ Lindissae provinciae ~is Bede HE III 11 p. 148; utrum Deus in omni ~o sit ‥ an in nullo Balsh. AD rec. 2 133 p. 86.  d 1308 in medio ~o grave capitis (v. 3 greva); 1315 in medio ~o pectoris inter mamillas CoramR 220 r. 106; 1320 in medio ~o inter ecclesiam et domum predicti J. (CoramR) SelCKB IV 93.  e 1339 ne contra nos ‥ procederent, sed sui ortus prefocarentur in ~o (Lit. Regis) Ad. Mur. Chr. 96. 17 a place, passage (in book, text, discourse). b (suo ~o, or sim.) in the appropriate place. c place, passage (in mus. composition). d position (within word). e (metr.) position in verse, (first, second, etc.) foot. a quam ‥ libenter hoc in ~o, ac si ‥ in optato evectus portu, ‥ quiescerem Gildas EB 65; 672 ex eodem libro x capitula, quae per ~a notaveram ‥, illis coram ostendi (Conc. Hertford) Bede HE IV 5 p. 215; hoc in ~o nescientibus intimandum est, quod ‥ Asser Alf. 39; hic ~us exigere videtur ut interitum Elfredi ‥ exponam W. Malm. GR II 136; in plerisque ~is sancte scripture Ord. Vit. VIII 26 p. 434; 1389 tercio [sc. ponitur] numeralis ~us probacionis [i. e. the number of the leaf from which the probatory words are taken], quarto dicciones probatorie (J. Whytefeld Pref. Catal.) Libr. Cant. Dov. 409.  b antistes P., de quo in sequentibus suo ~o dicendum est Bede HE V 18 p. 320; breviter de his suis ~is dicere poteris Anselm (CurD I 1) II 49; mores ejus ‥ suis in ~is ‥ enodabo Ord. Vit. VIII 1 p. 268.  c si multitudo brevium fuerit in aliquo ~o Garl. Mus. Mens. 1 p. 39; hoc ‥ patet in ‘Alleluja posui adjutorium’ in ~o post primam longam pausationem Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 56.  d acutus ~a habet tria, quomodo dicunt Graeci Aldh. PR 141 p. 200; omnia verba in eisdem ~is a vel e habentia Abbo QG 15 (33).  e ponitur ~o primo dactilus ita: ‘in cruce confixus ‥’ Aldh. Met. 10 p. 84; metrum dactylicum pentametrum ‥ recipit spondeum ~o primo et secundo, dactylum ~is omnibus [= Mallius Theodorus De metris ed. Keil, p. 590] Bede AM 109; sapphico versu, cujus secundo ~o est spondeus Abbo QG 17 (38). 18 place, position (in order, sequence, ranking; freq. w. ordinal number); b (primo ~o, secundo ~o, etc.) on the first (second ‥) occasion, (introducing matter for consideration) in the first (second ‥) place. merito Johannis epistolae tertio ~o sunt positae Bede Ep. Cath. 9; Deusdedit cathedram ascendit sexto in ~o ‥; deinde Theodorus ‥ septimum ~um gloriose exornavit Byrht. HR 33; ea ex quibus constat totus homo, in quibus substantia principalem ~um tenet Anselm (Gram. 12) I 156; [Antiochia] quarto per orbem ~o cunctis civitatibus prelata W. Malm. GR IV 359; patrem et matrem primo ~o esse diligendos T. Chobham Praed. 224; 1299 cum [fines] ‥ in suo casu ultimum ~um et finalem teneant et perpetuum StRealm I 128.  b secundo ‥ ~o, si primo negavit, confessio facta prodest Ric. Angl. Summa 34 p. 70; quarto ~o fugiendum est peccatum quia ‥ T. Chobham Praed. 99. 19 a office, post. b rank, status, standing, place in society. c high rank, state, dignity. a c1095 sedule quid Christo ‥ pro ~o, pro officio deberem cogitare cepi Anselm (Ep. 198) IV 89; prelati qui in superiori ~o sunt ‥ debent cavere superbiam Ailr. Serm. 17. 15. 297; 1407 quandocumque ‥ comes penes nos in exoneracionem ~i et hostagiorum suorum ‥ intraverit RScot 184a.  b Egbirhtus ‥ amplo apud suos ~o natus et ingenue educatus a pueritia W. Malm. GR II 106 p. 105; [Leobinus] livore ictus quod [Liulfus] amplioris amicitie ~um apud pontificem ‥ haberet Ib. III 271; quatinus, ceteris prelatus, in palatio maximum optineret ~um Ord. Vit. VI 9 p. 51; 1203 maritare illam ‥ in ~o ubi non sit disparagiata Pipe 240; 1204 ut ‥ priores Dunelmensis ecclesie ‥ primum ~um et vocem post episcopum ‥ teneant Feod. Durh. 93.  c 951 (14c) omnis gloria et ~us hujus mundi peribit CS 891 (cf. CS 992: 957 (14c) [etc.]); s1212 servatis dignitate et ~o (v. familiaritas 1b). 20 (w. gen. or poss. adj.): a (person’s) position, office (as taken by successor or substitute; cf. 28a infra). b (~o) in (the) place (of), instead (of another person; cf. 23 infra). c (~um tenere) to take the place (of), represent (also w. dat.; cf. 21 infra). d (~o or in ~o ponere) to appoint as representative, agent or attorney (of another person). a Nicolaum in ~o Stephani martyris statuunt Gildas EB 67; potestatem alterum ordinandi in ~o ejus, qui transierat, sacerdotem Bede HE II 18 p. 120; c1101 mortuo archiepiscopo ‥ electus est in ~um ejus episcopus Herefordensis Anselm (Ep. 214) IV 113; GAS 568 (v. habere 27b); implevit ‥ ~um defuncti Elphegi Livingus W. Malm. GP I 21; meditabatur quo ingenio ‥ monachum deponeret ut in ~um ipsius erumperet G. Mon. VI 7 p. 362.  b defuncto Felice ‥ episcopo ‥, Honorius ~o ejus ordinavit Thomam Bede HE III 20 p. 169; modo sunt ibi totidem habentes similiter sacam et socam, S. ~o H. patris sui ‥, S. ~o U. patris sui ‥ DB I 336ra; c1105 domnum O. ‥ volunt ‥ removere et vestram fraternitatem ~o ejus substituere Anselm (Ep. 345) V 282; 1236 (v. capitagium 2); 1279 in homine allocato ad carucam ~o unius famuli essentis carectarii, xviij d. Ac. Stratton 223; 1463 ordinavimus ‥ archiepiscopum ad interessendum ~o nostro apud Westm[onasterium] ‥ et idem parliamentum ‥ tenendum RParl V 498b.  c vos ‥ qui ~um Christi tenetis V. Chris. Marky. 21; s1258 coram H. W., qui tunc illic ~um tenuit Randulfi de G. Croyl. Cont. B 454; quatinus, si que fuerint penes nos unde vobis vel vestris ~um tenere poterimus quoquo modo, nos reddere volueritis cerciores FormOx 326.  d 1194 Petrus ‥ ponit ~o suo Nicholaum de W. versus R. del E. de placito debiti ad lucrandum vel perdendum CurR RC I 2; 1220 nos finem fecisse cum Reimundo D. posito ~o universitatis Burdegale Pat 229; 1281 equitati dissonum ut qui ballias seu loca nostra [6a supra] tenent, quos ad justitiam exercendam ‥ ~o nostri ponimus, ad injurias faciendas presumant extendere manus suas Pat 101 m. 22; 1333 J. de D. ‥ ponit in ~o suo A. de W. ‥ ad reddendum compotum de officio vicecomitis LTR Mem 105 m. 59d.. 21 (~um tenens (gerens); usu. as sb., and freq. written as one word; pl. usu. ~a tenentes): a (one) who takes the place or exercises the office of another, representative, substitute. b (royal) viceregent, deputy, lieutenant; c (w. gen. of place governed). d deputy governor (in quot., of castle). e (mil. or naval) lieutenant. a 12‥ sine licencia ‥ archidiaconi ‥ vel ipsius ~umtenentis ‥ optenta Ch. Westm. 349; 1254 Ricardo de la R., ~umtenenti justiciarii Hibernie RGasc I 340b; 1369 inquisicio facta ‥ coram Petro ‥ ~um tenente ‥ custodis foreste domini regis SelPlForest xlix; 1390 J. ‥ admirallus flote navium ‥ et ejus ~umtenens Mem. York I f. 130 p. 225; 1481 capituli provincialis ‥ presidentibus, eorumve commissariis seu ~atenentibus Reg. Whet. II 241; 1565 coram cancellario vel ejus commissario et ~o tenenti [sic] StatOx 392.  b 1255 si ‥ non revelaverit nobis vel ~um nostrum tenenti RGasc I sup. 38a; 1356 Roberto S. senescallo Scocie, ~umtenenti ‥ David regi[s] Mon. Hib. & Scot. 310a; 1393 quod ‥ sitis ‥ nostrum ~um tenens in hac parte (v. locumtenentia); 1407 Henricum ‥ principem Wallie ‥, regis Anglie ‥ ~umtenentem (Indentura) Chr. S. Alb. 23; 1415 constituimus vos ~um nostrum et vicem gerentem ad audiend’ recorda ‥ coram ‥ justiciariis nostris Pat 398 m. 34d. (= RParl IV 64b); regi ejusve ~um tenenti vel specialiter deputato G. Hen. V 9 p. 56; 1527 ipso tunc nostro ~um tenenti et ejusdem burgi preposito existente Ch. Edinburgh 206.  c s1398 comes Marchie, ~umtenens Hibernie Ad. Usk 18; Scocie ~um tenentem generalem Plusc. IX 31.  d Johannem Paston juniorem ‥ ~umtenentem J. P. militis fratris sui dicti castri ad salvo custodiendum ad usum fratris sui in sua absencia W. Worc. Itin. 190.  e 1513 vos ‥ admirallum ‥ omnium ‥ navium, vice-capitaneorum, ~atenentium nostrorum marinariorum ‥ ordinamus (Pat) Foed. XIII 349a; Ib. 349b (v. baronulus); 1587 capitaneos, colonellos, vicecapitaneos, ~umtenentes et alios officiarios (Pat) Foed. XVI 14a. 22 (~o, in ~o) in the capacity (of), as the equivalent (of), as: a (w. gen. of person); b (w. gen. of thing or abstr.). a a quo ‥ ~o filii susceptus est Bede HE IV 13 p. 230; offerebat ut ‥ eum ‥ ipse ~o adoptivi semper haberet Ib. V 19 p. 324; ut missas celebranti suffraganei ~o serviret W. Malm. GP I 55 p. 103; ‘adoptivus’ ‥ ille qui nutritur in ~o filii Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 395.  b manus hostibus dabant, in aevum servituri, si tamen non continuo trucidarentur, quod altissimae gratiae stabat ~o Gildas EB 25; digamma ‥ id est u ~o consonantis posita Aldh. PR 140 p. 198 (cf. Bede AM 87: i vel u positis in ~o consonantium); hoc ipsum ‥ orationis ~o ducens, si infirmis fratribus opem suae exhortationis tribueret Id. HE IV 26 p. 273; lex: ‘qui tyrannum occiderit, rem quam volet praemii ~o ‥ accipiet’; ‥ Thebe ‥ filium suum ‥ sibi in praemii ~o deposcit [cf. Cic. Inv. Rhet. II 144] Alcuin Rhet. 9; sit ~o prohemii quid in hoc [libro] dicendum ‥ interserere Balsh. AD rec. 2 56; in isto lacu proiciunt ‥ lapides preciosos ‥ ~o oblationis [ME: in stede of here offrynge] Itin. Mand. 94. 23 (~o, in ~o) in place (of), instead (of) (thing or abstr.; cf. 20b supra). c761 (13c) si ‥ contigerit ut navis ista ‥ sit ‥ naufragio perdita, ut alia in ~o illius ‥ construatur CS 189; ‘nove’ ‥ non est in usu, sed in ~o ejus dicimus ‘noviter’ Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 376; expositio ‥ thematis sepe ponitur ~o narrationis rethorice T. Chobham Praed. 266; quidam boni organiste ‥ ponunt discordantias ~o concordantie Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 78; 1412 (v. dictio 3a). 24 a suitable occasion, opportunity, possibility, scope. b (w. defining gen. or ad) opportunity (of, to), scope (for). a 1095 habeo voluntatem ‥ corrigendi ‥, cum ~us et opportunitas erit Anselm (Ep. 192) IV 79; de qua [civitate], quia ~us se obtulit, pauca dicenda W. Malm. GR IV 353; currentibus per campum nullus offensioni datur ~us Id. GP IV 186 p. 326; hic timor [Domini] ante veniens ~um preparat charitati Pull. Sent. 815C; c1212 si ~us adesset et occasio justa Gir. Ep. 5 p. 204; propter brevitatem temporis non est ~us dilacioni Lyndw. 81G.  b in quibus [terris] ‥ ad exercendam militiam caelestem ‥ devotioni ‥ monachorum ~us facultasque suppeteret Bede HE III 24 p. 178; cum praesentibus accusatoribus acciperet ~um se defendendi Ib. V 19 p. 327; non haberet ~um subveniendi ulla reconciliatio Anselm (Praesc. III 9) II 277; de quibus ‥ in sequentibus amplior erit narrandi ~us W. Malm. GR I 92; cui [sc. Wilfrido] inter Christianos nullus ad latendum supererat ~us Id. GP III 102; [Christus] dat nobis ~um penitentie, et nos negligimus Ailr. Serm. 23. 1. 322; nam fas non est inter nos / locus tristicie, / dum salus nobis oritur / fons vite, venie [~us tristicie app. as virtual periphrasis for tristicia] Ledrede Carm. 58. 18. 25 (rhet., log.): a topic, source or form of arguments, argument of spec. type; b (in extended use). c ‘status’ of case, point at issue, matter in dispute (considered not w. ref. to facts of particular case, but as being of spec. type; cf. OLD s. v. status 4). d (~us communis) common topic or theme, commonplace. a quattuor ex ~is benivolentia conparatur, ab nostra, ab adversariorum, ab judicum persona, a causa Alcuin Rhet. 20 (= Cic. Inv. Rhet. I 22); ne prolixitas aut frequens ejusdem ~i repetitio generet fastidium Anselm (Or. prol.) III 3; c1166 argumentorum ‥ ~os (v. b infra); si ‥ superbia maximum peccatum est, ‥ oportet per ~um a contrario quod humilitas maxima sit virtus T. Chobham Praed. 239; locos loyce Garl. Myst. Eccl. 548 (v. b infra); ~i ‥ rhetorici certum factum et certam personam respiciunt ‥; ~i autem dialectici potius aliquod commune considerant Kilwardby OS 616; sepe arguitur per ~um a minori per illam regulam: si illud quod minus videtur inesse, inest, et illud quod magis Ockham Pol. II 828.  b c1166 qui argumentorum multiplices ~os et sedes credit et virtutum nullos, garrulus utique potest esse ‥, sed proculdubio non dialecticus ‥ est J. Sal. Ep. 181 (182); in aris / tolle locus loyce, fidei locus hic operatur Garl. Myst. Eccl. 548.  c ~i controversiarum, quos rhetores status causarum appellant, id est, ubi quaestio consistit et primum non convenerit inter partes, sunt rationales aut legales Alcuin Rhet. 7.  d possunt ‥ communes ~i ad quamlibet partem inflecti pro facundia oratoris W. Malm. GR V 406; quoniam multos ‥ thesauros per somnia constat inventos fuisse, mihi quidem verisimile videtur ‥ somnus credi oportere. et non oportere ~um communem esse Gir. IK II 2 p. 111; Neckam DS X 56 p. 497 (v. communis 2g). 26 a situation, state. b context (in discourse). a perspiciens quo ~o rerum suarum fortuna staret W. Malm. GP I 60 p. 114; [mustela] injuriarum pro ~o dissimulatrix et ultrix Gir. TH I 27.  b tropus est dictio ab eo ~o in quo propria est translata in eum ~um in quo propri[a] non est [cf. Cassiodorus inPsalm. iii 6] Gl. Leid. 28. 33. 27 place (in person’s mind, feelings, etc.); cf. 28b infra). b (~um invenire apud, w. feeling, circumstance or sim. as subj.) to find acceptance with, to be entertained or considered by (a person). qui ‥ apertis in se sordibus ~um aut malignis praebent spiritibus Bede Cant. 1163.  b ? 961 nullum apud te ~um favor indiscretus inveniat (Lit. Papae) Eadmer HN 326 (= CS 1069); c1073 excusatio incognitae linguae ‥ nullum apud eos ~um invenire praevaluit Lanfr. Ep. 1 (1). 28 (in var. senses as obj. of dare, facere; cf. 24 supra): a (~um dare, facere) to give place (to), make room (for a successor or replacement). b (~um dare) to give way (to), yield (to emotion, vice, or sim.). a c798 ut [spiritus] ‥ recedat dans ~um Deo Alcuin Ep. 137 p. 214 (v. conjurare 4); dare ~um monachis Wulf. Æthelwold 18 (v. dare 11b); Sigebertus ‥, post annum solio deturbatus, meliori ~um fecit W. Malm. GR I 41; ibi ‥ omnis invalitudo sanitati ~um fecit Ib. II 162 p. 184; dedit ~um improbitas religioni Id. GP III 101 p. 231.  b quippe qui nulli unquam ignavie ~um dederit, quin sua et tutaretur et protenderet W. Malm. GR I 17; dant locum manie Walt. Wimb. Carm. 529 (v. efferus). 29 (in var. senses as obj. of habere, tenere, obtinere; cf. esp. 18a, 19b, 20c, 21, 24b supra also habere 27): a (~um habere, tenere, obtinere) to have force or applicability, be valid, hold good. b (~um habere) to take place, occur. c (~um tenere w. gd. or gdv.) to have the function (of), to serve the purpose (of). d (~um habere) to have a function, play a part (in). a W. Fitzst. Thom. 40; Gir. GE II 6, etc. (v. habere 27d); 1319 credens predictam proteccionem sibi ~um tenuisse Cl 136 m. 15; 1342 statutum ‥ predecessoris nostri ‥ ~um volumus obtinere Conc. II 693a; 1359 iste ordinaciones vel statuta ~um teneant Doc. Bev. 5.  b  etc. (v. habere 27c).  c 1272 eadem bargia ~um nobis tenere poterit ad meremium nostrum ‥ cariandum ‥ per Thamisiam Cl 460.  d 1583 that masters instruct their schollers in the falshood of these tenetts: ‥ casus et fortuna ~um habent in rebus naturalibus et humanis (General Assembly, Kirk of Scotland) EHR XIV 258n. 30 (exx. illustrating use of ~i, ~orum as part. gen.): a (w. adv. or n. pron.); b (w. sb.). a CS 22; Bede HE II 7, etc. (v. 1 is 13b); devenit in illud ~i [v. l. illud in ~i] ubi ‥ Bede HE III 9 p. 146; [coenobia] ubicumque ~orum [AS: stowa] decentissime restauravit RegulC 2; paganis ‥ depopulationi quoquo ~orum operam dantibus Abbo Edm. 12; ut ‥ observetis vosmet eleganter ubique ~orum [AS: on ælcere stowe] Ælf. Coll. 103; Romam profectus ‥, ubi ~i ‥ W. Malm. GR IV 339; humatus est Tavistokie, quo ~i multa ‥ contulerat Id. GP II 94 p. 201; ibi locorum W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 82 (v. ibi 1a).  b squalida per saltus peterent ut rura [v. l. rara] locorum Aldh. VirgV 757; divitiae crescunt diversa in parte locorum Æthelwulf Abb. 491; abdita ~orum explorabant G. Mon. I 8. 31 (exx. illustrating var. irregularities): a (w. f. adj. or pron.); b (sg. w. n. pron.); c (~a treated as sg.); d (foll. by ubi in place of rel. pron.). a a680 (14c) in ~o famosa E. CS 60; ? 750 Terr. Fleet 83 (v. 7b supra); latebra, ~us occulta GlC L 82; 838 in illa famosa ~o quae appellatur C. T. CS 421 (= Conc. HS 617); 863 in illa ~o hubi nominatur M. CS 507; 1423 (v. daubatio).  b ambulate ‥ ad ~um destinatum, quod vobis praeparatum est Egb. Pont. 45; 850 (13c) usque ad ~um quod appellatur H. CS 458 (cf. ib.: ~um qui); 904 (12c) in eodem ~o quod Saxonice dicitur æt Stoce CS 611; purgantes hoc ~um Byrht. V. Ecgwini 395.  c 843 altera ‥ molina in ~a qui dicitur N. ‥ et altera silva in ~a qui vocatur B. E. CS 442 p. 18; 854 (? 11c) in ~a q’ dicitur H. H. CS 469.  d 680 (12c) in ~o celeberrimo ubi nominatur Heðfeld CS 53 p. 86; 778 (? 10c) in ~um ubi a ruricolis dicitur aet ðam holen stypbum CS 225; 863 (v. a supra); 864 (11c) in ~o ubi solicoli nominant Eatum CS 509; ad ~a ubi Macri dicitur Ord. Vit. VII 12 p. 213. 32 f. l. 705 (12c) nichil quod non ad fatalem vitae terminum †loci [Reg. Malm. I 288: veloci] cursu protendatur (Ch. Aldhelmi) W. Malm. GP V 225 (= CS 114) (cf. CS 1214: 968 (14c) [etc.]); Bracton 200b, Ib. 431b (v. jocus 2c).

lŏcus, (4) ī, m.  ; au pl. loci, m. , lieux isolés, particuliers ; loca, n. , emplacements, pays, contrée, région [mais parfois emploi indistinct] ; ¶ 1 lieu, endroit, place : in locum inferiorem concidere Cæs. G. 5, 44, 12, tomber dans un endroit en contrebas ; loca aperta Cæs. G. 2, 19, 5, terrains découverts, cf. G. 3, 23, 6 ; ea loca incolere Cæs. G. 2, 4, 2, habiter ce pays, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 93 ; Pomp. 34 ; loca sunt temperatiora Cæs. G. 5, 12, 7, le pays, le climat est plus tempéré ; ex ou de superiore loco, parler du haut de la tribune aux harangues, ou du haut du tribunal, [fig.] parler en supérieur, en maître : Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2 ; Verr. 2, 2, 102 ; 4, 86 ; ex æquo loco, parler dans le sénat ou dans le particulier, sur le pied dʼégalité ; ex inferiore loco, parler dʼen bas devant le tribunal, ou parler en inférieur à des supérieurs : Cic. de Or. 3, 23 ; (dixit) quo loci nasceretur (radicula) Cic. Div. 2, 135, (il dit) en quel endroit poussait (cette racine) ; ex loco dejici Cic. Cæc. 80, être chassé dʼun lieu ; locum dare alicui Cic. CM 63, faire place à qqn [mais Brut. d. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3, céder la place, le pas] ; ad locum venire Cic. Off. 1, 33, venir sur les lieux ||verbum loco positum Cic. de Or. 3, 153, mot mis à la bonne place, employé opportunément, cf. Cic. Part. 8 ; ædilitas in loco posita Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, édilité placée au bon endroit, en bonnes mains ; in locum anulum invertere Cic. Off. 3, 38, ramener lʼanneau à sa position normale ||place au théâtre, au cirque : Cic. Mur. 72 ; 73 ||lieu dʼhabitation, logement assigné aux ambassadeurs à Rome : Liv. 38, 39, 19, etc. ||portion dʼune terre, dʼune propriété : Dig. 50, 16, 60 ||loca communia Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 112 ; Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1, bâtiments dʼintérêt commun ||loci ou loca, grec τόποι = uterus : Cic. Nat. 2, 128 ¶ 2 [fig.] place, occasion, prétexte : locum suspicioni dare, aperire Cic. Cæl. 9 ; Verr. 2, 5, 181, donner place, prise au soupçon, ouvrir le champ au soupçon ; furandi locus qui potest esse ? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, quelle place peut-il y avoir pour le vol ? alicui... existimandi non nihil loci dare Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6, donner à qqn qq. occasion de penser... ; maledicto nihil loci est Cic. Mur. 12, il nʼy a pas de place pour le blâme ; alicui rei locum non relinquere Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2, ne pas laisser à qqch. lʼoccasion de se produire ||nec vero hic locus est, ut... loquamur Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, et ce nʼest pas lʼendroit de parler..., cf. Cic. Amer. 33 ¶ 3 place, rang, rôle : summus locus civitatis Cic. Clu. 150, le plus haut rang dans la cité ; locum apud aliquem obtinere Cic. Phil. 2, 71, tenir un rang auprès de qqn ; locum quendam tenere Cic. Br. 81, tenir une certaine place ; apud eum quem habet locum fortitudo ? Cic. Off. 3, 117, à ses yeux quelle place tient le courage ? in hoc genere quid habet ars loci ? Cic. de Or. 2, 219, dans ce genre quelle place y a-t-il pour lʼart ? loci multum, plurimum est alicui rei Cic. Læl. 97, qqch. tient une grande, une très grande place ; in poetis non Homero soli locus est Cic. Or. 4, en poésie, la place nʼest pas réservée à Homère ||meo loco Cic. Amer. 73, à ma place, en te substituant à moi ; parentis loco esse Cic. Cæcil. 61, tenir lieu dʼun père ; aliquem hostis loco habere Cæs. C. 3, 21, 1, traiter qqn comme un ennemi, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 26, 6 ; 6, 13, 1 ; in hostium loco Cæs. C. 2, 25, 6, comme des ennemis, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 42, 6 ; Cic. Br. 1 ; de Or. 2, 200 ; aliquid in maledicti loco ponere Cic. Pis. 32, mettre qqch. au rang des reproches ; honestatem eo loco habere, ut Cic. Fin. 2, 50, faire un tel cas de lʼhonnêteté que ; voluptatem nullo loco numerare Cic. Fin. 2, 90, ne compter pour rien le plaisir ||loco dicere Cic. Leg. 3, 40, parler à son tour ; priore, posteriore loco Cic. Quinct. 95 ; 33, plaider le premier, le second ; decimo loco Cic. Cæc. 28, en dixième lieu ; prætorio loco dicere Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1, prendre la parole à son rang de préteur ; loco sententiæ Tac. Ann. 2, 37, son tour de parole venu [sententiæ loco dicendæ Sen. Apoc. 10, 1 ] ||loco versus Accianos posuisti Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4, tu as cité à leur place (heureusement) les vers dʼAccius ; epistolæ non loco redditæ Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1, lettres remises mal à propos ; quæ suo loco dicemus Cic. Part. 30, les choses que nous dirons à leur place ||condition sociale, famille : obscuro loco, loco nobili natus Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 167 ; Arch. 4, de naissance obscure, né dʼune famille connue ; infimo, summo loco Cic. Fl. 14 ; Planc. 60, de basse, de haute naissance ; equestri loco Cic. Mur. 16, dʼune famille de chevaliers ¶ 4 situation, état : exploratum est omnibus, quo loco causa tua sit Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 164, tout le monde voit parfaitement où en est ta cause, cf. Cæs. G. 2, 26, 5 ; res eodem est loci Cic. Att. 1, 13, 5, les affaires sont dans le même état ; eo loco locati sumus, ut Cic. Læl. 40, nous sommes placés dans une situation telle que ; sæpe in eum locum ventum est, ut Cæs. G. 6, 43, 4, souvent on en vint à ce point que ¶ 5 point, question, matière, sujet : locum longe et late patentem tractare Cic. Or. 72, traiter une question étendue et vaste, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 2 ; Fin. 1, 6 ; Or. 162 ||partie dʼun sujet, chef, chapitre, article, point : ex quattuor locis, in quos... divisimus Cic. Off. 1, 18, des quatre points (chefs) qui forment notre division de... ; locum prætermittere, breviter tangere Cic. Off. 1, 152 ; 3, 8, omettre, traiter brièvement un point ; magnus locus Cic. Or. 73, chapitre important ; necessarius Cic. Off. 3, 8, dont lʼétude est nécessaire ; omnes philosophiæ loci Cic. Or. 118, tous les chapitres de la philosophie ||thème dʼun développement : qui locus est talis..., hunc judico esse dicendum Cic. de Or. 2, 102, un thème dʼargumentation qui est dʼune nature telle..., jʼestime devoir le traiter ; ad oratoris locos Opimii persona non pertinet Cic. de Or. 2, 134, la personne dʼOpimius nʼinflue pas sur les thèmes dʼargumentation de lʼorateur ; gravitatis locis uti Cic. Or. 111, utiliser les thèmes du sublime ; locorum multitudo Cic. de Or. 2, 136, le nombre des thèmes généraux, des sources de développement, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 191, etc. ||avec ou sans communes, lieux communs, grec τόποι : Cic. Inv. 2, 47 ; de Or. 3, 106 ; 2, 146, etc. ; [sur la Topique en gén., v. Cic. de Or. 2, ch. 34, sqq. et le traité Topica ] ¶ 6 passage dʼun écrit, dʼun discours : verti istum ipsum locum Cic. Fin. 1, 49, jʼai traduit précisément ce passage que vous allez entendre ; hoc loco Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 68 ; Br. 269, etc., à ce point de mon discours (ici, à cet endroit) ¶ 7 [expr. avec sens temporel] : ad id locorum Sall. J. 63, 6, jusquʼà ce moment, cf. Liv. 22, 38, 12, etc. ; post id locorum Sall. J. 72, 2 ; postea loci Sall. J. 102, 1, depuis ce moment-là, ensuite ; interea loci, adhuc locorum, postidea loci, v. interea, adhuc, postidea.

locus , i. m. plur. loci vel loca, orum. n.
地方。處。時便。次序。地位。空。各處。諸間隔。Alienus loci 外方人。Tenere locum oratorum 與諸論人同等。Esse parentis loco 代父。Eo loci res erat 時事情卽如是。Nihil loci segnitiae erat 時不閒貪懶。Loco quaerere 問之巧。Locum dare 讓。開路。Natus haud obscuro loco 不凡家生者。Loci rhetorici 虛情似例。Loci vel* loca foeminae 婦胎。

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locus ī, m (plur.loci, single places; loca, n

• , places connected, a region), a place, spot: coacto in unum locum exercitu, Cs.: locorum situm nosse, L.: Romae per omnīs locos, S.: loci communes, public places, parks: de loco superiore dicere, i. e. from the judicial bench: Celsior ipse loco (i. e. celsiore loco), O.: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti, i. e. orations and conversations: ex inferiore loco, i. e. before a judge: primus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, N.—An appointed place, station, post, position: loco movere, drive from a post, T.: loco deicere, H.: loco cedere, give way, S.: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: loca senatoria secernere a populo, L.: loca iussa tenere, V.—Place, room: ut locus in foro daretur amicis: locum sibi fecit, O.: non erat his locus, right place, H.—A lodging, quarters: locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi iussa, L.—A place, spot, locality, region, country: non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco: est locus, Hesperiam dicunt, V.: locos tenere, L.: occupare, S.: venisse in illa loca: ea loca incolere, that region, Cs.—Fig., place, position, degree, rank, order, office: summo loco natus, Cs.: infimo loco natus: legationis princeps locus, head, Cs.: tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit: voluptatem nullo loco numerat: qui locum tenuit virtute secundum, V.: de locis contendere, i. e. precedence, Cs.: signiferos loco movit, degraded, Cs.: duo consularia loca, L.: omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset, L.—Place, position, situation, condition, relation, state: in eum iam res rediit locum, ut, etc., T.: Peiore res loco non potis est esse, T.: Quo res summa loco?In what state? V.: missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent, L.: primo loco, first in order, Iu.: se (eos) eodem loco quo Helvetios habiturum, would treat as, etc., Cs.: parentis loco esse: reliquos obsidum loco ducere, Cs.: criminis loco esse, quod vivam, serves for: in uxoris loco habere, T.: in liberūm loco esse: se in hostium habiturum loco, qui, etc., Cs.: nescire quo loci esset, in what condition: erat causain eo iam loci, ut, etc., in such a condition.—A topic, matter, subject, point, head, division: tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos: hic locus, de naturā usuque verborum: ex quattuor locis in quos divisimus, etc.: locos quosdam transferam, shall make some extracts: speciosa locis Fabula, quotable passages, H.: loca iam recitata, H.—In rhet.: loci communes, passages of a general import (see communis).—Of time: interea loci, meanwhile, T.: postea loci, afterwards, S.: ad id locorum, till then, S.—In abl, at the right time, seasonably, appropriately, suitably: posuisti loco versūs: et properare loco et cessare, H.: Dulce est desipere in loco, H.— A fitting place, room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time: et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus, T.: probandae virtutis, Cs.: aliquid loci rationi dedisses: Interpellandi locus hic erat, H.: nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc., the proper occasion: Est locus in volnus, room for injury, O.: meritis vacat hic tibi locus, opportunity for services, V.: in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc.: vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit, i. e. renders impossible: resecandae libidinis: si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus.