carruca

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

carrūca and carrūcha, ae. f.,

a sort of four-wheeled travelling and state coach (not before the empire), Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140; Suet. Ner. 30; Mart. 3, 47, 13; 3, 62, 5; 12, 24, 2; Lampr. Elag. 31 al.; cf. Becker, Gall. 3, p. 12 sq.

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