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carruca

carruca

English

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Noun

carruca (plural carrucas)

  1. A heavy wheeled turnplow used during the Middle Ages.

Hypernyms

  • moldboard plow, turnplow

Latin

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Etymology

From carrus, probably from Transalpine Gaulish.

Pronunciation

Noun

carrūca f (genitive carrūcae); first declension

  1. A chariot.
  2. A coach.
  3. (Medieval Latin) A heavy wheeled plow.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative carrūca carrūcae
genitive carrūcae carrūcārum
dative carrūcae carrūcīs
accusative carrūcam carrūcās
ablative carrūcā carrūcīs
vocative carrūca carrūcae

Derived terms

  • carrucata

Descendants

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