vehiculum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • vehiclum

Etymology

By surface analysis, vehō (“to bear, carry, convey; ride”) +‎ -culum. The term may be derived from Proto-Italic *weɣitlom, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-í-tlom, whence also perhaps Sanskrit vahitra.[1]

Pronunciation

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).

singular plural
nominative vehiculum vehicula
genitive vehiculī vehiculōrum
dative vehiculō vehiculīs
accusative vehiculum vehicula
ablative vehiculō vehiculīs
vocative vehiculum vehicula

Descendants

  • → Catalan: vehicle m
  • → Galician: vehicle m
  • → German: Vehikel n
  • → French: véhicule m
  • → Irish: feithicil f
  • → Italian: veicolo m
  • → Portuguese: veículo m
  • >? Sardinian: ìgulu m
  • → Spanish: vehículo m

Further reading

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯eĝh-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 91
  • “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, 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.
  • 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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