LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vehiculum

vehiculum n (genitive vehiculī)
Classical[weˈ(ɦ)ɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[veˈiː.ku.lum]

Meaning

  1. neuterA means of transport; vehicle, conveyance, carriage; wagon, cart; ship.
  2. neuterAn agricultural implement for cutting down grain; reaping-machine.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

carrus aut nāvis: id quod rēs portat
vehicle, cart
vehiculum -ī (n) — in De Bello Gallico I, ch. 3

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevehiculumvehicula
genitivevehiculīvehiculōrum
dativevehiculōvehiculīs
accusativevehiculumvehicula
ablativevehiculōvehiculīs
vocativevehiculumvehicula

vĕhĭcŭlum, i, n. veho,
I. a means of transport, a carriage, conveyance, vehicle.
I. Lit.
1. In gen.: ceterae animantes quae vel sedendi vehiculum praebent, vel, etc., Lact. 20, 12, 3: mihi aequum est dari vehicula, qui vehar, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 28: junctum vehiculum, i e. drawn by a span, Liv. 34, 1, 3; 42, 65, 3; Vell. 2, 114, 2; Suet. Calig. 39; Tac. A. 12, 47; id. H. 2, 41; Plin. Pan. 20, 3.—
2. A wagon, cart, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186.—
3. A ship: furtorum vehiculum, Cic. Verr 2, 5, 23, § 59.—*
II. Transf., an agricultural implement for cutting down grain, a reaping-machine, Pall. Jun. 2, 2.

Origins

By surface analysis, vehō (“to bear, carry, convey; ride”) + -culum. The term may be derived from Proto-Italic *weɣitlom, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-í-tlom, whence also perhaps Sanskrit वहित्र (vahitra).

Descendants
  • Catalanvehicle
  • GermanVehikel
  • Frenchvéhicule
  • Englishvehiclefrom French véhicule
  • Romanianvehiculfrom French véhicule
  • Italianveicolo
  • Portugueseveículo
  • Sardinianìgulu
  • Spanishvehículo
  • Asturianvehículu

In English words that came into English from vehiculum

  • vehiclevehiculum

Quick answers

What does vehiculum mean in Latin?
vehiculum, a noun, means “A means of transport; vehicle, conveyance, carriage; wagon, cart”.
What is the genitive of vehiculum?
The genitive singular is vehiculī. vehiculum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce vehiculum?
In classical Latin, [weˈ(ɦ)ɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [veˈiː.ku.lum].