LOCUS CLASSICUS

PRONUNCIATION: (LO-kuhs KLAS-i-kuhs)

MEANING: noun: An authoritative and often quoted passage from a book.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin locus (place) + classicus (classical, belonging to the first or highest class). Earliest documented use: 1853.

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FOCUS CLASSICUS - see biconvex lens

LOCUS GLASSICUS - Murano, Venice, Italy

LOCUST CLASSICUS - grasshopper (common or garden variety...in the presence of population pressure)