currus

Meaning

1. (declension-4, masculine) chariot, car (more often two-wheeled cars (biga) used in battle and in racing)
2. (declension-4, masculine) wagon, wain
3. (broadly, declension-4, masculine, poetic) ship, boat
4. (broadly, declension-4, masculine, poetic) the horses drawing a chariot, a team, span
5. (broadly, declension-4, masculine) a pair of small wheels by which the beam of a plough was supported and guided

Concepts

cart

chariot

carriage

tractor

🚜

wagon

a plow with wheels

Synonyms

curriculum

axis

currūs

carpentum

Translations

char

Streitwagen

carroça

biga

wagon

carro da guerra

cocchio

handkar

strijdwagen

biga

carruagem

carro

carroza

carretón

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkʊr.rʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *korzos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”), from *ḱers- (“to run”), the same root of currō. Doublet of carrus.