carriage Copy link Outline I. The act of carryingII. A wheeled vehicle1. vĕhĭcŭlum (most gen. term)2. rhēda (four wheeled c.)3. carpentum (a two-wheeled c. esp. for ladies)4. pīlentum (an easy c., chiefly for ladies; by whom it was used on festival days)5. carrŭca (four wheeled travelling c.)6. pĕtorrĭtum (a four-wheeled c., of Gallic origin)III. The cost of conveyingIV. Gesture, mien (q. v.) • carriage: I. The act of carrying: vectūra: we sent a person to pay for the c., misimus qui pro v. solveret, Cic.: the c. of goods, v. mercium, Paul. Dig. II. A wheeled vehicle: 1. vĕhĭcŭlum (most gen. term): Pl.: Cic. 2. rhēda (four wheeled c.): Caes.: Hor. 3. carpentum (a two-wheeled c. esp. for ladies): Liv.: Ov. 4. pīlentum (an easy c., chiefly for ladies; by whom it was used on festival days): Liv.: Virg. 5. carrŭca (four wheeled travelling c.): Suet.: Plin. 6. pĕtorrĭtum (a four-wheeled c., of Gallic origin): Cic. III. The cost of conveying: vectūra (= pretium vecturae): Pl.: Sen. IV. Gesture, mien (q. v.): incessus, hăbĭtus, gestus.
CARRIAGE Copy link • CARRIAGEvectio, gestatio: portatio (as an act; SYN. under CARRY): vectura (also money paid for carriage; also vecturae pretium). To pay for the carriage, pro vectura solvere : vehiculum (of any sort): currus (with wheels, and formed for rapid motion): chiramaxium (for children to be drawn by the hand, Petronius, 28, 4): carpentum (one of the most ancient carriages, ornamented, for ladies): currus arcuatus (carriage with an arched covering, for the Flamines, Liv., 1, 21): pilentum (a lofty four-wheeled carriage for matrons, when they carried with them the vessels used in sacred rites, Servius): tensa, or thensa (a four-wheeled carriage, on which the images of the gods were carried in the Ludi Circenses with cushions, pulvinaria): cisium (a two-wheeled carriage for fast travelling, a cabriolet): rheda (a Gallic word; a larger four-wheeled carriage, to contain several persons with their luggage). Gait, incessus.