loculamentum

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

lŏcŭlāmentum, i, n. [loculus], a case, box, receptacle for any thing.

I In gen., for doves: loculamenta, quibus nidificent aves, Col. 8, 8, 3: novum, id. 8, 9, 3; for books: tecto tenus exstructa loculamenta, Sen. Tranq. 9, 7.—

II In partic., a case, box, cell , Vitr. 10, 14, 3: dentium, i. e. the gums , Veg. Vet. 2, 32.