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193 locus
lit de justice [Fr], bed of justice; seat of justice; Fr. hist., the king's
throne at a formal session of parliament; also, the session itself.
litem lite resolvere [L], to settle strife by strife; explain one obscurity
by another: Horace (adapted).
lite pendente [L], during the trial.
literati [L; pi], men of letters; the learned class.
literatim [L], letter for letter; literally.
litterae humaniores [L], the humanities; polite letters; ancient classics:
abbr. Lit. Hum.
litterae scriptae [L], written letters; manuscript.
littera scripta manet [L], the written letter remains.
littérateur [Fr], literary man; man of letters.
livraison [Fr], a part or number (of a book published in parts).
livre [Fr], book: abbr. liv.
llamar al pan, pan y al vino, vino [Sp], to call bread, bread and wine,
wine; to call a spade a spade.
llanero [Am Sp], dweller on the llanos, or plains, of South America.
llano [Sp], vast plain or steppe in the northern part of South America.
llanura [Sp], a plain.
lluvia [Sp], rain.
Lobgesang [Ger], hymn of praise.
local or (esp. in English, though erroneous as French) locale [Fr], locality;
scene of an event, operation, or of some characteristic feature.
locatio [L], a letting; leasing: law.
l'occasion fait le larron [Fr], opportunity makes the thief.
loco [L], in the place. —loco citato, in the place cited; in the passage
already quoted: abbr. loc. cit. or I.e. —loco laudato, in the place cited
with approval: abbr. loc. laud. —loca supra citato, in the place before
cited: abbr. l.s.c.
loco [It], place; used to indicate a return to the normal pitch after an
8va transposition: music.
locos y niños dicen la verdad [Sp], children and fools speak the truth.
locum tenens [L; pi. locum tenentes], a substitute or deputy, esp. for
a clergyman or physician.
locus [L; pi. loci], a place; written passage. —locus citatus, the passage
quoted. —locus classicus [pi loci classici], a classical passage; a
standard or authoritative passage on a word or subject. —locus
communis [pi. loci communes], lit., a commonplace; place of the
dead; public place; fig., (usually pi.), a general argument. —locus
criminis (or delicti), scene of the crime. —locus in quo, the place
in which (or where); the place where a passage occurs. —locus
poenitentiae, place (or opportunity) for repentance. —locus sigilli,
the place of the seal: abbr. L.S. —locus standi, a place of standing;
recognized standing or position; law, right to appear before a court;
right to be heard.