English → Latin
“cart-horse” in Latin
iūmentumA draft animal, a beast of burden, a large domestic animal suitable for drawing carts and carriages: a cow, horse, mule,caballuspack-horse, jade, hack; nag
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cart-horse
equus vectuarius (general term for horse that draws: after Schneider’s conjecture on Varr., R.R., 2, 7, 15, where neither vectarius nor vectorius is suitable): jumentum (any beast of burden or far draught): caballus (any horse for common use or labor).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cart-horse?
- The usual Latin words for “cart-horse” are iūmentum, caballus. 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.