sarracum

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

sarrācum (serrā-), i, n.

I A kind of wagon or cart (acc. to Quint. 8, 3, 21, belonging to vulgar lang.), Sisenn. ap. Non. 195, 29; Cic. Pis. Fragm. ap. Quint. l. l.; Vitr. 10, 1 fin. ; Juv. 3, 255; Capitol. M. Aurel. 13; Amm. 31, 2, 18.—

II Transf., the Wain , a constellation: frigida Bootae, Juv. 5, 23.

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