vectātĭo, ōnis, f. [vecto], a carrying or being carried, a riding (post-Aug.): vectatio et iter reficiunt animum, Sen. Tranq. 17, 8: assidua equi post cibum, Suet. Calig. 3.
Also in act. sense, a carrying or bearing: sarcinae, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8, 11.