LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

vectūra

vectūra f (genitive vectūrae)
Classical[wɛkˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[vekˈtuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. transportation
  2. fare paid for transport
  3. wagon

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevectūravectūrae
genitivevectūraevectūrārum
dativevectūraevectūrīs
accusativevectūramvectūrās
ablativevectūrāvectūrīs
vocativevectūravectūrae

vectūra, ae, f. veho,
I. a bearing, carrying, conveying, transportation by carriage or by ship; a riding, etc.
I. Lit. (class.): equi idonei ad vecturam, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15: misimus qui pro vecturā solveret, for the transportation, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2: mercium. Dig. 4, 9, 4: sine vecturae periculo. of transportation by sea, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 4.— Plur.: remiges, arma, frumenta, vecturae imperabantur, transport, conveyance, Caes. B. C. 3, 32: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus descripsit, id. ib. 3, 42: onerum, Gell. 5, 3, 1.—
II. Transf., passage-money, freight-money, fare, freight, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 138; Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 4; Petr. 101, 5.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéǵʰeti
  3. Proto-Italic*weɣō
  4. Latinvectūra

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin vectūra From vehō (“convey, transport”, verb) + -tūra (noun-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Frenchvoiture
  • Italianvettura
  • Portugueseviatura
  • Englishvecture
  • Franco-Provençalveitura
  • Piedmonteseavciûra
  • Sicilianvittura

In English words that came into English from vectūra

  • voiturevectūra
  • vecturevectūra

Quick answers

What does vectūra mean in Latin?
vectūra, a noun, means “transportation; fare paid for transport; wagon”.
What is the genitive of vectūra?
The genitive singular is vectūrae. vectūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce vectūra?
In classical Latin, [wɛkˈtuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vekˈtuː.ra].
Where does vectūra come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti → Proto-Italic *weɣō → Latin vectūra.