English

Noun

locum ‎(plural locums)^[2]

1. (Britain, informal) Abbreviated form of locum tenens.^[1]
   • 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."

Etymology 2

Noun

locum ‎(plural loca)

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

References

1. 1 2 The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]
2. ↑ The Chambers Dictionary (1998)

Latin

Noun

locum n ‎(genitive locī); second declension

1. place, spot

Declension

Second declension.

Synonyms

• locus

Noun

locum

1. accusative singular of locus

References

• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016