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currus.

chariot, light horse vehicle; triumphal chariot; triumph; wheels on plow; cart;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʊr.rʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkur.rus]
  1. chariot, car (more often two-wheeled cars (biga) used in battle and in racing)

    declension-4 · masculine
    currum agere
  2. wagon, wain

    declension-4 · masculine
  3. ship, boat

    broadly · declension-4 · masculine · poetic
  4. the horses drawing a chariot, a team, span

    broadly · declension-4 · masculine · poetic
  5. a pair of small wheels by which the beam of a plough was supported and guided

    broadly · declension-4 · masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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