vehiculum

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

vehiclum

Etymology edit

From vehō (“I bear, carry, convey; ride”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈhi.ku.lum/, [u̯eˈ(ɦ)ɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈi.ku.lum/, [veˈiːkulum]

Noun edit

vehiculum n (genitive vehiculī); second declension

A means of transport; vehicle, conveyance, carriage; wagon, cart; ship.
Synonyms: carpentum, currus, vectābulum, vectāculum
An agricultural implement for cutting down grain; reaping-machine.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vehiculum	vehicula
Genitive	vehiculī	vehiculōrum
Dative	vehiculō	vehiculīs
Accusative	vehiculum	vehicula
Ablative	vehiculō	vehiculīs
Vocative	vehiculum	vehicula

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Catalan: vehicle
→ English: vehicle
→ French: véhicule
→ Irish: feithicil
→ Italian: veicolo
→ Portuguese: veículo
→ Romanian: vehicul
Sardinian: ìgulu
→ Spanish: vehículo

Further reading edit

“vehiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vehiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vehiculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
vehiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1650/3.
vehiculum in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3383
“vehiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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