loci

See also: loči, and -loci

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊsaɪ/, /ˈləʊkaɪ/
• (US, Canada) enPR: lō'sī, IPA^(key): /ˈloʊsaɪ/, /ˈloʊkaɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊkaɪ, (RP) -əʊsaɪ, (US, Canada) -oʊkaɪ, (US, Canada) -oʊsaɪ

Noun

loci

1. plural of locus
   • (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY‎^[1]:

     Next generation sequencing or a range of nuclear loci for Sanger sequencing will be used for higher level phylogenetic questions.

Usage notes

See foci for further pronunciation explanations.

Anagrams

• Clio, Coil, coil, coli

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.kiː/, [ˈɫ̪ɔkiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.t͡ʃi/, [ˈlɔːt͡ʃi]

Noun

locī m

1. inflection of locus (“place”):
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

References

• loci in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloki/ [ˈlo.ki]
• Rhymes: -oki

Noun

loci

1. plural of locus