carruca
English
Alternative forms
- caruca
Etymology
From Medieval Latin carrūca.
Noun
carruca (plural carrucas)
- (historical) A heavy wheeled turnplow used during the Middle Ages.
- 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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Hypernyms
- moldboard plow, turnplow
Related terms
- carucate
Italian
Etymology
From Latin carrūca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /karˈru.ka/
- Rhymes: -uka
- Hyphenation: car‧rù‧ca
Noun
carruca f (plural carruche)
- (obsolete) coach, carriage
- Synonym: carrozza
Derived terms
- carrucola
Latin
Alternative forms
- carūca
Etymology
From carrus, probably from Transalpine Gaulish.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈruː.ka/, [kärˈruːkä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈru.ka/, [kärˈruːkä]
Noun
carrūca f (genitive carrūcae); first declension
- A chariot.
- A coach, carriage (four-wheeled).
- (Medieval Latin) A heavy wheeled plow.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | carrūca | carrūcae |
| Genitive | carrūcae | carrūcārum |
| Dative | carrūcae | carrūcīs |
| Accusative | carrūcam | carrūcās |
| Ablative | carrūcā | carrūcīs |
| Vocative | carrūca | carrūcae |
Derived terms
- carrucata
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: καροῦχα (karoûkha)
- → English: carruca
- French: charrue
- → Galician: charrúa
- Italian: carruca, carrozza, carroccia
- Norman: carrue
- Norman: tchérue (Guernsey), tchéthue (Jersey), kyerüü (Sark)
- Romanian: căruță
- Spanish: carruca
References
- “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