carpentum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish carbantos, from Proto-Celtic *karbantos (chariot, war chariot).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

carpentum n (genitive carpentī); second declension

  1. carriage (two-wheeled); chariot
    Synonyms: currus, vehiculum
  2. wagon, cart
  3. barouche

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative carpentum carpenta
genitive carpentī carpentōrum
dative carpentō carpentīs
accusative carpentum carpenta
ablative carpentō carpentīs
vocative carpentum carpenta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: carpento
  • Old French: charpent
  • Portuguese: carpento

References

  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “carpentum, -ī”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 101

Further reading

  • carpentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • carpentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "carpentum", 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)
  • carpentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • carpentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • carpentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin