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carrus

carrus · m

a kind of two-wheeled wagon for transporting burdens

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What it meant

1. carrus — Lewis & Short

carrus, i, m. (carrum, i, n., Auct. B. Hisp. 6; cf.

Non. p. 195, 26, and Isid. Orig. 20, 12, 1),
I a kind of two-wheeled wagon for transporting burdens, Varr. and Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 195, 26 sq.; Caes. B. G. 1, 3; 1, 6; 1, 26; 3, 51; Hirt. B. G. 8, 14; Liv. 10, 28, 9; Veg. 3, 10; Cod. Th. 8, 5, 47.

2. carrus — Walde–Hofmann

carrus (spätl. -um, gr. xdppov), - m. „Art vierrüdriger Wagen, Karren“ (seit Sisenna, rom., ebenso -ärius seit Pap. 1. Jh., -icdre „beladen“ seit 6.Jh.) — gall. carros (ON. Kapp6-bovvov Ptol), air. mkymr. carr, bret. karr ,biga, vehiculum" (*Arsos, Foy IF. 6, 332, Pedersen I 44. 533); urverwandt mit currus (s. d.). Aus mlat. carrus, carra stammen ahd. ch)erro m., «h)arra f. usw.; aus dem Galat. arm. kar-k „Wagen“, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. carrus, p. 206]

In the wild

6 of 15 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. carrus (scan p. 126; entry #1836).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. carrus (scan p. 206; entry #582).

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