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1 columna
cŏlumna, ae, f. [root cel- of excello; v. columen, of which it is orig. a collat. form].A.A projecting object, a column, pillar, post (very freq.), Vitr. 4, 1, 1 sq.; 3, 3; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11:* 2.columnae et templa et porticus sustinent, tamen habent non plus utilitatis quam dignitatis,
Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180; id. Verr. 2, 1, 51, §§ 133 and 134; Quint. 5, 13, 40:columnae Doricae, Ionicae, Tuscanicae, Corinthiae, Atticae,
Plin. 36, 22, 56, § 178 sq.; Vitr. 4, 1, 1 sqq.: Rostrata, a column ornamented with beaks of ships, erected in honor of Duellius, the conqueror of the Carthaginians, Quint. 1, 7, 12 Spald.; fragments of the inscription on it are yet extant, v. in the Appendix: Maenia, also absol. Columna, a pillory in the Forum Romanum, where thieves, criminal slaves, and debtors were judged and punished, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 50 Ascon.— Absol.: ad columnam pervenire. Cic. Clu. 13, 39:adhaerescere ad columnam,
id. Sest. 8, 18; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. columna.— Plur.:columnae, as the sign of a bookseller's shop,
Hor. A. P 373 Orell. ad loc.—From the use of pillars to designate boundaries of countries:Columnae Protei = fines Aegypti,
Verg. A. 11, 262; and:Columnae Herculis, i. e. Calpe et Abyla,
Mel. 1, 5, 3; 2, 6, 8; Plin. 3, prooem. § 4; Tac. G. 34.—Prov.:incurrere amentem in columnas,
Cic. Or. 67, 224.—Trop., a pillar, support; of Augustus, Hor. C. 1, 35, 14.—3.Transf., of objects resembling a pillar; so,a.Of the arm (comice):b.ecce autem aedificat: columnam mento suffigit suo,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 54. —A water-spout, Lucr. 6, 426; 6, 433; Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134.—c.Of fire, a meteor, Sen. Q. N. 7, 20, 2; cf.d.of the pillar of cloud and of fire which guided the Exodus,
Vulg. Exod. 13, 21 sq. —Membrum virile, Mart. 6, 49; 11, 51; Auct. Priap. 9, 8.—e.Narium recta pars eo quod aequaliter sit in longitudine et rotunditate porrecta, columna vocatur, Isid. Orig. 11, 1, 48.—* B. -
2 rostratus
rostrātus, a, um, adj. [id.], having a beak, hook, or crooked point; beaked, curved at the end, rostrated:falces,
Col. 2, 20, 30:vectis,
Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171:navis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98; Suet. Caes. 63; Auct. B. Afr. 23; cf.prora,
Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; and:impetus liburnicarum,
id. 10, 23, 32, § 63: rostrata corona = navalis corona, a crown ornamented with small figures of beaks of ships, given to him who first boarded the enemy ' s vessel, Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7; 22, 3, 4, § 6.— Hence, in poet. transf.:(Agrippae) Tempora navali fulgent rostrata coronā,
Verg. A. 8, 684; so,too, Columna rostrata,
a column erected in the Forum, to commemorate the naval victory of Duilius in the first Punic war, which was adorned with the beaks of the conquered vessels, Liv. 42, 20, 1; Quint. 1, 7, 12 (cf. Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20; Sil. 6, 663);also in the order rostrata columna,
Suet. Galb. 23;v. the parts of the inscription on this column still extant (one of the oldest monuments of Latin literature), with modern restorations,
Inscr. Orell. 549.
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