Definition of locus classicus in English:
locus classicus
nounPlural loci classici ˌlɒkəs ˈklasɪkəsˌləʊkəs ˈklasɪkəsˌloʊkəs ˈklæsəkəs
A passage considered to be the best known or most authoritative on a particular subject.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their pioneering work is still the locus classicus for these languages.
- The locus classicus for discussing the core police culture remains Skolnick's account of the policeman's ‘working personality’.
- While it may not be the locus classicus on the subject, our passage in many respects does seem to represent the final word on right worship.
- The locus classicus of this research are the papers by Alberch and Gale that demonstrated a causal link between patterns of digit reduction and the mode of digit development.
- Aquinas continued, presenting the locus classicus of the Argument from Design.
- As Gerhard Von Rad states, Genesis 2: 7 is ‘a locus classicus of Old Testament anthropology.’
- If Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is the locus classicus of economic theory, and the defense of the free society, then Karl Marx's Capital stands as its most radical alternative.
- Perhaps the locus classicus of modern scholarly dispute over the meaning of a Classical Greek image is the Parthenon frieze.
Origin
Latin, literally 'classical place'.
Definition of locus classicus in US English:
locus classicus
nounˌlōkəs ˈklasəkəsˌloʊkəs ˈklæsəkəs
A passage considered to be the best known or most authoritative on a particular subject.
Example sentencesExamples
- The locus classicus of this research are the papers by Alberch and Gale that demonstrated a causal link between patterns of digit reduction and the mode of digit development.
- While it may not be the locus classicus on the subject, our passage in many respects does seem to represent the final word on right worship.
- If Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is the locus classicus of economic theory, and the defense of the free society, then Karl Marx's Capital stands as its most radical alternative.
- Their pioneering work is still the locus classicus for these languages.
- Perhaps the locus classicus of modern scholarly dispute over the meaning of a Classical Greek image is the Parthenon frieze.
- Aquinas continued, presenting the locus classicus of the Argument from Design.
- The locus classicus for discussing the core police culture remains Skolnick's account of the policeman's ‘working personality’.
- As Gerhard Von Rad states, Genesis 2: 7 is ‘a locus classicus of Old Testament anthropology.’
Origin
Latin, literally ‘classical place’.