loco primo citato

[ loh-koh -pree-moh ki-tah-toh; English loh-koh -prahy-moh sahy-tey-toh, pree-moh si-tah-toh ]

/ ˈloʊ koʊ ˈpri moʊ kɪˈtɑ toʊ; English ˈloʊ koʊ ˈpraɪ moʊ saɪˈteɪ toʊ, ˈpri moʊ sɪˈtɑ toʊ /

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in the place first cited.

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Also loc. pri·mo cit.

[lok -prahy-moh -sit, pree-moh] /ˈlɒk ˈpraɪ moʊ ˈsɪt, ˈpri moʊ/ .

FromLatin locō prīmō citātō

Reddit users worldwide went loco for the opportunity to ask the president of Taco Bell anything.
The Best of Taco Bell’s Reddit AMA|The Daily Beast|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cameron is in essence assuming the role of in loco parentis in relation to almost every household in Britain.
Britain’s Idiotic “Opt-In” Porn Ban|Brendan O’Neill|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But Klitschko is no Primo Carnera—the first giant heavyweight champion and an ersatz fighter who was set up by the mob.
Vitali Klitschko Contemplates Bowing Out of the Ring and Entering Ukrainian Politics|Gordon Marino|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Primo was with his mother and her boyfriend that weekend, so I had left the city and driven up to join Eliza in Hudson.
Daddy, How Come You’re Always Broke? Benjamin Anastas’s ‘Too Good to Be True’|Benjamin Anastas|October 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST

“Children of the Corn” borrows a lot of pulp staples: a found body; a rural hamlet; religion gone loco; evil kids.
Great New Reads|The Daily Beast|October 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Primo de Rivera, who believed the rebellion to be fast on the wane, shipped back to Spain 7,000 troops.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Seqvitvr iam ex initio propositis tertium, nimirum vt exponatur, quonam tand loco rem Christianam his in locis offenderimus.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
They were accepted, and the primo sargentos raised to the rank of officers to fill their places.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
I perceive the deadly loco's odor there, and say it poison is; it drives them mad for evermore.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral|John Dunloe Carteret
In gradu primo Sodomiae impotentia non necesse adest, in gradu autem secundo semper adest.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley