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Definition of Locus classicus
1. Noun. An authoritative and often-quoted passage.
Generic synonyms: Passage
Definition of Locus classicus
1. Noun. An authoritative passage from a standard work that is often quoted as an illustration ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Locus Classicus
Literary usage of Locus classicus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Xenophon by Xenophon, Henry Graham Dakyns (1897)
"(4) Early cavalry tactics, formation, evolution, etc. The tract On Horsemanship
is no less a locus classicus concerning (1) The anatomy, ..."
2. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"Locum tenens—Л deputy or substitute. locus classicus—A classical passade.
Locus est et pluribus umbris—There is room ..."
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