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“carriage” in Latin
vectiōThe act of transporting, carrying. A conveyance.gestātiōbearing, carrying, wearing; promenade, ride, drive (in the sense of a brief or leisurely trip)portatiōa carrying, carriage, conveyance.vehōto carry, bear, convey, transport; to ride; to be bornevehiculumA means of transport; vehicle, conveyance, carriage; wagon, cart; ship.; An agricultural implement for cutting down graicurruschariot, car (more often two-wheeled cars (biga) used in battle and in racing); wagon, wain; ship, boatchīramaxiumA handcart.; A shopping cart.carpentumcarriage (two-wheeled); chariot; wagon, cart; barouchepīlentuma chariot used by Roman ladiestēnsathe chariot or car on which the images of the gods were borne in the Circensian games; a carriage
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
carriage
vectio, gestatio: portatio (as an act; SYN. under CARRY): vectura (also money paid for carriage; also vecturae pretium). To pay for the carriage, pro vectura solvere :
vehiculum (of any sort): currus (with wheels, and formed for rapid motion): chiramaxium (for children to be drawn by the hand, Petronius, 28, 4): carpentum (one of the most ancient carriages, ornamented, for ladies): currus arcuatus (carriage with an arched covering, for the Flamines, Liv., 1, 21): pilentum (a lofty four-wheeled carriage for matrons, when they carried with them the vessels used in sacred rites, Servius): tensa, or thensa (a four-wheeled carriage, on which the images of the gods were carried in the Ludi Circenses with cushions, pulvinaria): cisium (a two-wheeled carriage for fast travelling, a cabriolet): rheda (a Gallic word; a larger four-wheeled carriage, to contain several persons with their luggage).
Gait, incessus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for carriage?
- The usual Latin words for “carriage” are vectiō, gestātiō, portatiō; also vehō, vehiculum, currus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.