locellus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lŏcellus, i, m. dim. [locus], a little place; hence,

I A compartment in a locker or chest , Caes. ap. Charis. p. 60 P.: praetorum, Mart. 10, 88.—

II A chest, casket : anulos in locellum repositos haeredibus reddidit, Val. Max. 7, 8, 9.