LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

raeda

raeda f (genitive raedae)
Classical[ˈrae̯.da]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.da]

Meaning

  1. femininecoach (carriage for carrying people) with four wheels

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

carrus quattuor rotārum
four-wheeled carriage
raeda -ae (f) — in De Bello Gallico I, ch. 20

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeraedaraedae
genitiveraedaeraedārum
dativeraedaeraedīs
accusativeraedamraedās
ablativeraedāraedīs
vocativeraedaraedae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

curru vehi, in rheda (Mil. 21. 55)
to drive.

raeda or rēda (falsely written rhē-da), ae, f. prob. Celtic: plurima Gallica valuerunt ut raeda ac petorritum, Quint. 1, 5, 57; cf. id. 1, 5, 68,
I. a travelling-carriage or wagon with four wheels, Varr. ap. Non. 167, 25; 451, 17; Caes. B. G. 1, 51, 2; 6, 30, 2; Cic. Mil. 10, 28; id. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Att. 5, 17, 1; 6, 1, 25; Hor. S. 1, 5, 86; 2, 6, 42; Juv. 3, 10.

Origins

Borrowed from Celtic, from Proto-Celtic *reido- (compare the second element of *uɸoreidos (“horse”)), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride, go”). Cognate with English ride, road, raid.

Descendants
  • Koine Greekῥαῖδᾰ

Quick answers

What does raeda mean in Latin?
raeda, a noun, means “coach (carriage for carrying people) with four wheels”.
What is the genitive of raeda?
The genitive singular is raedae. raeda is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce raeda?
In classical Latin, [ˈrae̯.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.da].