lŏcŭlāmentum

I. 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, Veg. Vet. 2, 32.