LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

plaustrum

plaustrum n (genitive plaustrī)

Meaning

  1. neuterwagon, cart
    Et tamen nonnulla eius facetissima extant, in quibus et haec. Mestrium Florum consularem, admonitus ab eo “plaustra” potius quam “plostra” dicenda, postero die “Flaurum” salutavit.c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus 22

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

a cart
plaustrum — in Seneca, ch. IV

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeplaustrumplaustra
genitiveplaustrīplaustrōrum
dativeplaustrōplaustrīs
accusativeplaustrumplaustra
ablativeplaustrōplaustrīs
vocativeplaustrumplaustra

plaustrum (plostrum, Cato, R. R. 2, 10; 62; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3; cf. Suet. Vesp. 22: plaustra, ae, f.,
I. v. infra), i, n. Sanscr. plavas, ship; prop., that which sways hither and thither; root plu-; Gr. πλέω, πλύνω, a vehicle for carrying heavy loads, a wagon, wain, cart.
I. Lit. (class.): vendat plostrum vetus, Cato, R. R. 2, 7; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 31: in plaustrum conici, Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57: stridentia plaustra, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 59; id. M. 2, 177: sicut stridet plaustrum onustum foeno, Vulg. Amos, 2, 13: tecta, id. Num. 7, 3.—Prov.: plaustrum perculi, I have upset! I am done for! Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 22.—
II. Transf., the constellation Charles's Wain, the Great Bear (poet.): flexerat obliquo plaustrum temone Bootes, Ov. M. 10, 447; id. P. 4, 10, 39; Amm. 15, 10, 2 (called plaustra Parrhasis, Sid. Carm. 5, 282 sq.).

Origins

Alternative form of plōstrum, showing an early example of hypercorrectism of /oː/ to /au̯/, similarly to plaudo.

Descendants
  • Frenchploutrefrom Middle French ploustre

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesPlaustrumPlaustrum or PLOSTRUM, a cart or waggon. The plaustrum, strictly so called, was a heavy two-wheeled cart (Isid. Or. 20.12): the four-wheeled waggon wa…

Quick answers

What does plaustrum mean in Latin?
plaustrum, a noun, means “wagon, cart”.
What is the genitive of plaustrum?
The genitive singular is plaustrī. plaustrum is neuter, second declension.