rōstrum ī, n
rodo,
a beak, bill, snout, muzzle, mouth
: cibum adripere aduncitate rostrorum: sus rostro si humi A
litteram inpresserit: (canis) extento rostro, O.—
The curved end of a ship's prow, ship's beak
: neque his (navibus) nostrae rostro nocere
poterant, Cs.: rostro petere hostium
navem, L.: Convolsum remis rostrisque
tridentibus aequor, i. e.
triple beak
, V.—Plur,
the Rostra, a platform for speakers in the Forum
(adorned with the beaks of ships taken from the Antians B.C. 338),
L.—
A stage, orator's pulpit, platform
: in rostris curiam defendere: ut in rostris prius quam in
senatu litterae recitarentur, L.: descendere
de rostris: Frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor, H.