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loci classici

loci classici is the plural of locus classicus.

Meaning of locus classicus

Noun

locus classicus (plural loci classici)

  1. An authoritative passage from a standard work that is often quoted as an illustration; a classic case or example.
    • This famous passage of Scripture, this locus classicus, or prerogative text, pleaded for the verbatim et literatim inspiration of the Bible, is the following; and I will so exhibit its very words as that the reader, even if no Grecian, may understand the point in litigation.1847, Thomas De Quincey, “Protestantism”, in Theological Essays and Other Papers, volume 1
  2. The locality from which a taxon was first described.

Questions about loci classici

What is loci classici the plural of?
Loci classici is the plural of locus classicus.

Words near loci classici in the dictionary

  1. Lochty
  2. lochus
  3. Lochwinnoch
  4. Lochy
  5. loci
  6. loci classici
  7. loci of control
  8. Locicero
  9. Lociceros
  10. locie
  11. locies

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