carpentum (noun N) :
* 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.
* A wagon or cart for agricultural use (post-Aug.): stercoris,a dung-cart,Pall. Sept. 1, 2.

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