English → Latin
“cart” in Latin
carrusa wagon, a two-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload, a wagonload; carplaustrumwagon, cartplostelluma small wagonvehiculumA means of transport; vehicle, conveyance, carriage; wagon, cart; ship.; An agricultural implement for cutting down graipraeposterusreversed, inverted; perverted, distorted; absurd, preposterouschīramaxiumA handcart.; A shopping cart.ParosParos; one of the Cyclades and birthplace of Archilocusinvehōto carry, bear, convey into, introduce, bring in, bring upon; to ride, drive, sally, fly to or into; to attack, assail,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cart
carrus or carrum (a four-wheeled wagon, for baggage of war): plaustrum (with two or four wheels, for burden of all sorts): plostellum (little cart; also a play-cart for children): vehiculum (general term): to put the cart before the horse, praepostere or perturbato ordine agere (cum aliquo). What can be more completely putting the cart before the horse? quid tam perversum praeposterumque excogitari potest? (Cic.). Don’t put the cart before the horse, (videndum est) ne quid perturbatum aut discrepans aut praeposterum sit (Cic.).
A child’s cart, chiramaxium (Paron.).
cart v.
plaustro vehere or invehere (carry in a cart): in plaustrum imponere (put into). To be carted, plaustro vehi or invehi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cart?
- The usual Latin words for “cart” are carrus, plaustrum, plostellum; also vehiculum, praeposterus, chīramaxium. 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.