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carruca

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin carrūca.

Noun

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carruca (plural carrucas)

  1. (historical) A heavy wheeled turnplough that was used during the Middle Ages.
    Synonym: heavy plough
    • 1912, Ralph Straus, Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution, page 34:
      Pliny mentions another carriage of imperial Rome — the carruca, which had four wheels and was used equally in the city and for long journeys.

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin carrūca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /karˈru.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Hyphenation: car‧rù‧ca

Noun

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carruca f (plural carruche)

  1. (obsolete) coach, carriage
    Synonym: carrozza

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Latin

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Etymology

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From carrus, probably from Transalpine Gaulish.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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carrūca f (genitive carrūcae); first declension

  1. A chariot.
  2. A coach, carriage (four-wheeled).
  3. (Medieval Latin) A heavy wheeled plow.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative carrūca carrūcae
genitive carrūcae carrūcārum
dative carrūcae carrūcīs
accusative carrūcam carrūcās
ablative carrūcā carrūcīs
vocative carrūca carrūcae

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References

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  • carruca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • carruca 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)
  • carruca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • carruca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • carruca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • carruca”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Western Civilization, Jackson J. Spielvogal, volume 1, To 1715
  • (etymology) The Breeches Bible: Considered as the Basis for Remarks, James Gurnhill (1862), page 25