I.v. freq. a [veho], to bear, carry, convey (perh. not ante-Aug.): “delphinum dorso super fluctus edito vectavisse (Arionem),” Gell. 16, 19, 16: “corpora viva nefas Stygiā vectare carinā,” Verg. A. 6, 391: “plaustris ornos,” id. ib. 11, 138: “saucia corpora vectet aquā,” Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 46; cf. v. 39.—Pass., to be carried or borne, to ride: “vectabor umeris,” Hor. Epod. 17, 74: “vectari equis,” to ride on horseback, Ov. M. 8, 374; Just. 41, 3, 4; Curt. 3, 3, 22: octophoro, App Mag. p. 323.
vecto , āvi, ātum, 1,
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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