vehiculum

Latin

Alternative forms
  • vehiclum

Etymology

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

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

Noun

vehiculum n (genitive vehiculī); second declension

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

Declension

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

Descendants
Descendants of vehiculum in other languages
  • → Catalan: vehicle
  • → English: vehicle
  • → French: véhicule
  • → Irish: feithicil
  • → Italian: veicolo
  • → Portuguese: veículo
  • → Romanian: vehicul
  • Sardinian: ìgulu
  • → Spanish: vehículo

References
  • “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
  • “vehiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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