The corpus record — Latin

carpentum

carpentum · n

a two-wheeled

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Where it lives

Opilius Macrinus 1 · 4.02/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 2 · 3.45/10k
Divus Claudius 2 · 3.13/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 1 5 · 2.87/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 4 · 1.52/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 1 · 0.94/10k

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. carpentum — Lewis & Short

carpentum, i, n.,

I a two-wheeled, covered carriage, coach, or chariot, esp. used in town and by women, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 23; Ov. F. 1, 619; Liv. 5, 25, 9; 1, 48, 6; 34, 3, 9; Tac. A. 12, 42; Juv. 8, 147 al.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 10; Dict. of Antiq.: funebre or pompaticum, Suet. Calig. 15; id. Claud. 11; Isid. Orig. 20, 12, 3: Gallica, Liv. 31, 21, 17; cf. Flor. 1, 18, 27: Cimbrorum, id. 3, 3, 16: Britannorum, id. 3, 10, 17.—

II A wagon or cart for agricultural use (post-Aug.): stercoris, a dung-cart, Pall. Sept. 1, 2.

2. carpentum — Walde–Hofmann

carpentum, -; n. „zweiräderiger, zweispänniger (meist mit Schutzdach versehener) Stadt-, Reise- oder Gepäckwagen*, auch „Düngerkarren*, bei Liv. und flor. wohl ungenau (Mau PW. III 1607) auch „Streitwagen der Galher und Britannier* (seit Liv., Andr, rom., ebenso -ärius , Wagner" seit Phn., vgl. carrocarpentärius xapponnóc Gl): nach Arrian tact. 33 gall. Wort, vgl. gall. ON. Carbantia, Carbantorate, abrit. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. carpentum, p. 203]

In the wild

carpenta Historia Augusta, Gallieni Duo 8
carpentum Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.1.34.8
carpenta Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 p37
carpento Suetonius, Divus Claudius 17.3
carpentum Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 10.154
carpenta Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.10.4

6 of 53 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. carpentum (scan p. 125; entry #1816).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. carpentum (scan p. 203; entry #578).

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