noun · masculinesecond declension
carrus
carrus m (genitive carrī)
Classical[ˈkar.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkar.rus]
Meaning
- masculinea wagon, a two-wheeled baggage cart
- masculinea cartload, a wagonload
- New Latinmasculinecar
- Medieval Latinmasculinea load, an English unit of weight
Saccus lane debet ponderare viginti & octo petras & solebat ponderare unam summam frumenti & ponderat sextam partem unius carri de plumbo
The sack of wool ought to weigh twenty & eight stone & is accustomed to weigh one quarter of wheat & weights the sixth part of one cartload of lead.c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | carrus | carrī carra, charrī |
| genitive | carrī charrī | carrōrum charrōrum |
| dative | carrō charrō | carrīs charrīs |
| accusative | carrum charrum | carrōs carra, charrōs |
| ablative | carrō charrō | carrīs charrīs |
| vocative | carre charre | carrī carra, charrī |
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.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
carrus ī, m
a wagon for freight, baggagewagon (with four wheels), Cs., L.
Origins
Borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, zero-grade form of *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of currus.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalancarro
- Occitancar
- Occitancarri
- Occitancarro
- Old Frenchchar
- Old Frenchcarre
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesecarrofrom Old Galician-Portuguese carro
- Spanishcarrofrom Old Spanish carro
- Asturiancarru
- Falacarrufrom Old Galician-Portuguese carro
- Galiciancarrofrom Old Galician-Portuguese carro
- Ladinokarrofrom Old Spanish carro
- Ladinoקארוfrom Old Spanish carro
- Cebuanokarofrom Old Spanish carro
- Tagalogkarofrom Old Spanish carro
Insular Romance
- Sardiniancarru
Balkano-Romance
- Romaniancar
- Aromaniancar
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiancarro
- Dalmatiancarrus
- Siciliancarru
- Venetancar
- Venetancaro
- Venetancaret
Elsewhere
- GermanKarre
- Ancient Greekκάρρον
- Czechkára
- Afrikaanskarfrom Dutch kar
- Caribbean Hindustanigárifrom Dutch kar
- Indonesiankaharfrom Dutch kar
- Armenianկառքfrom Old Armenian կառք
- Old Norsekerra
- Polishkareta
- Polishkaroca
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliancjâr
- Friuliancjar
Gallo-Italic
- Romagnolcar