locum

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkəm/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊkəm

Etymology 1

Noun

locum (plural locums)

1. (British, Australia, informal) Short for locum tenens.
   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     "I asked about his Joes, he said the Joes could look after themselves and if Jack was bothered about them he could send a locum."

2. (British, Australia, informal) A period working as a locum tenens.
   • 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 116:

     -- "I suppose you wouldn't like to do a locum for a month on the South coast? Three guineas a week with board and lodging." -- "I wouldn't mind," said Philip. -- "It's at Farnley, in Dorsetshire. Doctor South. You'd have to go down at once; his assistant has developed mumps. I believe it's a very pleasant place."

Related terms

• locum tenency

Etymology 2

Noun

locum (plural loca)

1. (historical) A share in a Genoese trading vessel.

Anagrams

• lucmo

Italian

Noun

locum m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of lokum

Latin

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lo‧cum

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• locus

Noun

locum n (genitive locī); second declension

1. place, spot

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	locum	loca
Genitive	locī	locōrum
Dative	locō	locīs
Accusative	locum	loca
Ablative	locō	locīs
Vocative	locum	loca

Etymology 2

Noun

locum m

1. accusative singular of locus

References

• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the lightning has struck somewhere: fulmen locum tetigit
    
  • (ambiguous) to collect together at one spot: in unum locum convenire, confluere
    
  • (ambiguous) to go to a place: se conferre in aliquem locum
    
  • (ambiguous) to go to a plac: petere locum
    
  • (ambiguous) the matter has gone so far that...; the state of affairs is such that..: res eo or in eum locum deducta est, ut...
    
  • (ambiguous) to give ground for suspicion: locum dare suspicioni
    
  • (ambiguous) to collect, accumulate instances: multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be used as a proverb: proverbii locum obtinere (Tusc. 4. 16. 36)
    
  • (ambiguous) to quote a passage of Plato: locum Platonis afferre, proferre (not citare)
    
  • (ambiguous) to hold the first position in the state: principem in re publica locum obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to occupy the first, second position in the state: principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to found a colony somewhere: coloniam deducere in aliquem locum (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to elect a man to fill the place of another who has died whilst in office: sufficere aliquem in alicuius locum or alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to succeed a person in an office: alicui or in alicuius locum succedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to concentrate all the troops at one point: cogere omnes copias in unum locum
    
  • (ambiguous) to occupy a position (with troops): capere, occupare locum
    
  • (ambiguous) to occupy a place beforehand: praeoccupare locum (Liv. 35. 27)
    
  • (ambiguous) to choose suitable ground for an engagement: locum ad pugnam idoneum deligere
    
• locum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old English

Noun

locum

1. dative plural of loca