Locus Classicus Definition

klăsĭ-kəs
locus-classicus
noun
A passage typically or frequently cited as authoritative in illustrating a certain point or subject.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Locus Classicus

Noun

Singular:
locus classicus
Plural:
loci classici

Origin of Locus Classicus

  • New Latin Latin locus place Latin classicus belonging to the highest class

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin

    From Wiktionary

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LLOLOC

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