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S / sarrācum
noun

sarrācum

gen. sarrāci · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
A kind of wagon; cart
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.—
the Wain by extension •
Transf., the Wain, a constellation: frigida Bootae, Juv. 5, 23.
Perseus ID: n42658 Key: sarracum