plaustrum

Latin

Alternative forms

• plōstrum (or plostrum)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”) + *-trom ( +‎ -trum). Cognate of English float.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplau̯s.trum/, [ˈpɫ̪äu̯s̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplau̯s.trum/, [ˈpläu̯st̪rum]

Noun

plaustrum n (genitive plaustrī); second declension

1. (vehicles) wagon, wain, cart
2. the Big Dipper

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plaustrum	plaustra
Genitive	plaustrī	plaustrōrum
Dative	plaustrō	plaustrīs
Accusative	plaustrum	plaustra
Ablative	plaustrō	plaustrīs
Vocative	plaustrum	plaustra

Synonyms

• carrus, iumentum

References

• “plaustrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “plaustrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• plaustrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• plaustrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “plaustrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “plaustrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin