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vehiculum

vehiculum · n

a means of transport

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 42 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vĕhĭcŭlum — Lewis & Short

vĕhĭcŭlum, i, n.veho,

I a means of transport, a carriage, conveyance, vehicle.
I Lit.
1 In gen.: ceterae animantes quae vel sedendi vehiculum praebent, vel, etc., Lact. 20, 12, 3: mihi aequum est dari vehicula, qui vehar, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 28: junctum vehiculum, i e. drawn by a span, Liv. 34, 1, 3; 42, 65, 3; Vell. 2, 114, 2; Suet. Calig. 39; Tac. A. 12, 47; id. H. 2, 41; Plin. Pan. 20, 3.—
2 A wagon, cart, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186.—
3 A ship: furtorum vehiculum, Cic. Verr 2, 5, 23, § 59.—*
II Transf., an agricultural implement for cutting down grain, a reaping-machine, Pall. Jun. 2, 2.

In the wild

6 of 100 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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