plaustrum

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Latin

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Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Latin plautus~plōtus (“flat, broad”), thus "flatwagon", or Latin plaudere~plōdere (“clap, clatter”), thus "clatterer", both from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- and containing *-trom (“tool-suffix”). V. Bertoldi considers it a substrate word of various forms, among which ploxenum (“wagon-box”). C.f also Latin plaumorātum (plauromātum?) (“a type of plough”) and Proto-Germanic *plōgaz (“plough”) of likewise uncertain etymology.

Pronunciation

Noun

plaustrum n (genitive plaustrī); second declension

  1. (vehicles) an open wagon or cart for hauling loads.
    Synonyms: vehiculum, carrus, iūmentum
  2. the Big Dipper, Charles' Wain, the Plough.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plaustrum plaustra
Genitive plaustrī plaustrōrum
Dative plaustrō plaustrīs
Accusative plaustrum plaustra
Ablative plaustrō plaustrīs
Vocative plaustrum plaustra

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References

Further reading

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