What is the Latin word for draught-horse?

The usual Latin words for “draught-horse” are carrūcārĭus, catus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“draught-horse” in Latin

carrūcārĭuspertaining to the catusclever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking; cunning, crafty, sly; shrill, sharp, clear-sounding

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

draught-horse

equus vectuarius (Varr., R., R., 2, 7, 15, ed. Schneider, where others read, less correctly, vectorius or vectarius); equus rhedarius or carrucarius (a coach-horse, according to the analogy of mulus rhedarius in Varr., and Ulp.); equus plaustrarius (dray-horse, after plaustrarius asinus, Cato): draught-horses, equi jugales (a pair).

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What is the Latin word for draught-horse?: The usual Latin words for “draught-horse” are carrūcārĭus, catus. 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.