you receptacle for goads

lŏcŭlus, i, m. dim. [locus], a little place.

In gen.:

in cella est paulum nimis loculi lubrici,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 38.—

In partic.

A coffin:

equites in loculis asservati,

Plin. 7, 16, 16, § 75; Vulg. Luc. 7, 14: hunc (pollicem regis in dextro pede) cremari cum reliquo corpore non potuisse tradunt, conditumque loculo in templo, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20.—

A bier, Fulg. Planc. Exposit. Serm. p. 558 Merc.—

A compartment, manger, stall:

loculi vel marmore vel lapide vel ligno facti distinguendi sunt, ut singula jumenta hordeum suum ex integro nullo praeripiente consumant,

Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 4.—

In plur.: loculi, a small receptacle with compartments, a coffer or casket for keeping all sorts of things in:

gestit enim nummum in loculos demittere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 175; id. S. 1, 3, 17:

gramina continuo loculis depromit eburnis,

Ov. F. 6, 749:

hos de flavā loculos implere monetā,

Mart. 14, 12:

in quibus (loculis) erant claves vinariae cellae,

Plin. 14, 13, 14, § 89.— Hence, stimulorum loculi, applied to a bad slave, qs. you receptacle for goads (with which slaves were chastised), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 11; v. stimulus.—

Esp., a purse, pocket:

e peculiaribus loculis suis,

out of his own pocket, Suet. Galb. 12:

laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56:

neque enim loculis comitantibus itur ad casum tabulae,

Juv. 1, 89; 10, 46 al.