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==Latin==

===Etymology===
{{root|la|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}
From {{inh|la|itc-pro|*korzos}}, from {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ḱr̥sós||vehicle}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*ḱers-||to run}}, the same root of {{m|la|currō}}. {{doublet|la|carrus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|currus<4>}}

# [[chariot]], [[car]]
#: {{syn|la|carpentum|vehiculum}}
#: {{uxi|la|'''currum''' agere|to drive '''a chariot'''}}
#* {{Q|la|Ovid|Fasti|4|498|thru=499|quote=quō simul ac vēnit, frēnātōs '''curribus''' anguēs<br/>iungit et aequoreās sicca pererrat aquās|trans=''And as soon as she has arrived there, she harnesses the bridled serpents '''to [her] chariots''', and wanders dry over the ocean waves.''<br/>(See {{w|Ceres (mythology)}}.)}}
# [[wagon]], [[wain]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|currus<4>}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|la|curūlis}}, {{l|la|currūlis}}
* {{l|la|currīlis}}
* {{l|la|autocurrus}} {{q|New Latin}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:M&A}}
* {{R:Peck}}
* {{R:Smith's Antiquities}}

{{C|la|Vehicles}}