# locum
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈləʊkəm/
* Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊkəm

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

locum (plural locums)
* (British, Australia, informal) Short for locum tenens.
** 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:"I asked about his Joes, he said the Joes could look after themselves and if Jack was bothered about them he could send a locum."
* (British, Australia, informal) A period working as a locum tenens.
** 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."

##### Related terms

* locum tenency

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

locum (plural loca)
* (historical) A share in a Genoese trading vessel.

#### References

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

### Anagrams

* lucmo

## Italian
### Noun

locum m (invariable)
* Alternative spelling of lokum

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: lo‧cum

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* locus

#### Noun

locum n (genitive locī); second declension
* place, spot

##### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | locum | loca |
| Genitive | locī | locōrum |
| Dative | locō | locīs |
| Accusative | locum | loca |
| Ablative | locō | locīs |
| Vocative | locum | loca |

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

locum m
* accusative singular of locus

### References

* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Old English
### Noun

locum
* dative plural of loca