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rōstrātus adj.

rostrum, having a beak, hooked, with a crooked point, beaked, with a curved front : navis: Columna Rostrata, a column in the Forum, commemorating the victory of Duilius in the first Punic war, and adorned with the beaks of the captured vessels , L.—Poet.: cui (Agrippae) Tempora navali fulgent rostrata coronā, i. e. are decorated for naval victories , V.

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