vĕhĭcŭlum, i, n. [veho], a means of transport, a carriage, conveyance, vehicle.
- I. Lit.
- 1. In gen.: ceterae animantes quae vel sedendi vehiculum praebent, vel, etc., Lact. 20, 12, 3: mihi aequum est dari vehicula, qui vehar, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 28: junctum vehiculum, i e. drawn by a span, Liv. 34, 1, 3; 42, 65, 3; Vell. 2, 114, 2; Suet. Calig. 39; Tac. A. 12, 47; id. H. 2, 41; Plin. Pan. 20, 3.
- 2. A wagon, cart, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186.
- 3. A ship: furtorum vehiculum, Cic. Verr 2, 5, 23, § 59.
- * II. Transf., an agricultural implement for cutting down grain, a reaping-machine, Pall. Jun. 2, 2.