Crossword clues for loculus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loculus \Loc"u*lus\, n.; pl. Loculi. [L., little place, a compartment.]
(Zo["o]l.) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
(Bot.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
Wiktionary
n. 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 (context zoology English) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa. 4 (context botany English) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Loculus is a Latin word literally meaning little place and was used in a number of senses including to indicate a satchel. Satchels were carried by Roman soldiers as a part of their sarcina or luggage.
No loculus has survived in entirety although some small portions of leather found at Bar Hill (Strathclyde, Scotland) have tentatively been identified as parts of a loculus. The object is primarily known from illustrations on Trajan's Column.
The loculus is thought to have measured about and was likely made from leather. It is just the right size to be made in one piece from a single goat hide although calf leather is also possible. The bag is reinforced by diagonal straps. In the centre of the front of the bag these straps held a bronze ring with a mushroom-shaped stud that holds the triangular flap closed. At the top corners were two plain bronze rings used to suspend the bag while it is carried on the shoulder pole or furca.
The loculus was probably used to store rations and a soldier's personal effects.
Loculus ( Latin, "little place"), plural loculi, is an architectural compartment or niche that houses a body, as in a catacomb, hypogeum, mausoleum or other place of entombment. In classical antiquity, the mouth of the loculus might be closed with a slab, plain, as in the Catacombs of Rome, or sculptural, as in family tombs at Palmyra.
Loculus may refer to:
- Loculus (satchel)
- Loculus (architecture), a burial niche
- Loculus of Archimedes or Ostomachion, a mathematical puzzle similar to tangrams
Usage examples of "loculus".
I lit his way, Jake crawled not to the entrance, but to the northern wall, rolled a large stone toward the loculus containing Masada Max, and wedged it into the opening.
I pulled myself into the loculus, and wriggled to the far end, moving gingerly and hugging the wall.
With Ryan lighting the loculus like a tiny movie set, I placed my Swiss Army knife as a scale marker, and took shots from several angles.
I had blundered onto a hidden loculus in that tomb, and found a burial no one else had.
This cratered world called Yrilene, a shattered satin skull, where the heart which beat within the loculus beats still, an everlasting pulse of force and promise.
As it stands, all we have are the few lousy photos I took in the loculus.