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carpentum , i, n.,
I.a two-wheeled, covered carriage, coach, or chariot, esp. used in town and by women, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 23; Ov. F. 1, 619; Liv. 5, 25, 9; 1, 48, 6; 34, 3, 9; Tac. A. 12, 42; Juv. 8, 147 al.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 10; “Dict. of Antiq.: funebre or pompaticum,” Suet. Calig. 15; id. Claud. 11; Isid. Orig. 20, 12, 3: “Gallica,” Liv. 31, 21, 17; cf. Flor. 1, 18, 27: “Cimbrorum,” id. 3, 3, 16: “Britannorum,” id. 3, 10, 17.—
II. A wagon or cart for agricultural use (post-Aug.): “stercoris,” a dung-cart, Pall. Sept. 1, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.42
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 15
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 25.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 21
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 48.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 3.9
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
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