locus classicus
noun
classical source: a passage commonly cited to illustrate or explain a subject or word.
loci classici
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pluralof locus classicus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The loci classici on these abodes are Homer, Odyssey, iv.,
From The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by John Churton Collins
Seven years afterwards the Melvilles paid him another visit, in Edinburgh, the account of which by the younger is one of the loci classici of Scottish history.
From Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series by William Morison
