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1 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. -
2 Coronis
1.cŏrōnis, ĭdis, f., = korônis, a curved line or flourish formed with a pen, which writers or transcribers were accustomed to make at the end of a book or chapter; hence, as in Gr. (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under korônis), for the end: serā coronide longus, * Mart. 10, 1, 1.2.Cŏrōnis, ĭdis, f., = Korônis, daughter of the Thessalian Phlegyas, mother of Æsculapius by Apollo, Ov. M. 2, 542; Hyg. Fab. 161 and 202; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 618; acc. Gr. Coronida, Ov. M. 2, 599.—Hence,II. -
3 coronis
1.cŏrōnis, ĭdis, f., = korônis, a curved line or flourish formed with a pen, which writers or transcribers were accustomed to make at the end of a book or chapter; hence, as in Gr. (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under korônis), for the end: serā coronide longus, * Mart. 10, 1, 1.2.Cŏrōnis, ĭdis, f., = Korônis, daughter of the Thessalian Phlegyas, mother of Æsculapius by Apollo, Ov. M. 2, 542; Hyg. Fab. 161 and 202; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 618; acc. Gr. Coronida, Ov. M. 2, 599.—Hence,II. -
4 coronis
colophon, device for marking the end of a book; curved line/flourish at end -
5 rostrum
rōstrum, i, n. [rodo], the bill or beak of a bird; the snout, muzzle, mouth of animals (cf. proboscis).I.Lit.:B.cibum arripere aduncitate rostrorum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:aves corneo proceroque rostro,
id. ib. 1, 36, 101; Liv. 41, 13; Ov. M. 2, 376; 5, 545; 6, 673 et saep. al.:arietes tortis cornibus pronis ad rostrum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4;of goats,
id. ib. 2, 3, 2;of swine,
Cic. Div. 1, [p. 1601] 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; Ov. M. 8, 371; 10, 713; 14, 282;of dogs,
id. ib. 1, 536; 3, 249;of wolves,
Plin. 28, 10, 44, § 157;of stags,
id. 8, 32, 50, § 112;of a dolphin,
id. 9, 8, 7, § 20;of tortoises,
id. 9, 10, 12, § 37;of bees,
id. 11, 10, 10, § 21 et saep.—In familiar or contemptuous lang., like our muzzle, snout, of persons, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. squarrosi, p. 329 Müll.; Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13; Lucil., Nov., and Varr. ap. Non. 455, 10 sq.; Petr. 75, 10; so,II.too, of human statues,
Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin. —Transf.A.In gen., of objects having a similar shape, the curved point of a vine-dresser's billhook, Col. 4, 25, 1;B.of a plough,
Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171;of hammers,
id. 34, 14, 41, § 144;of lamps,
id. 28, 11, 46, § 163;of an island,
id. 10, 33, 49, § 137.—Esp. freq., the curved end of a ship ' s prow, a ship ' s beak; sing.:C.neque his (navibus) nostrae rostro nocere poterant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13; so id. ib. 3, 14; id. B. C. 2, 6; Liv. 28, 30; 37, 30; Verg. A. 10, 157; 301:navis, cui argenteum aut aureum rostrum est,
Sen. Ep. 76, 13; Ov. M. 4, 705 al. — Plur., Auct. B. Alex. 44, 3;46, 2.—Sometimes of a triple form: convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,
Verg. A. 5, 143; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 688:rostrum trifidum,
Sil. 6, 358.—Hence,Rostra, the Rostra, a stage or platform for speakers in the Forum, so called from being adorned with the beaks of ships taken from the Antians A.U.C. 416, Liv. 8, 14; Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.; Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20; Ascon. Mil. p. 43 Orell.; cf. Becker, Antiq. I. p. 279 sq. and p. 290; and, in gen., the place from which the assembled people were addressed, the orator ' s pulpit, or platform:ut semper in rostris curiam, in senatu populum defenderim,
Cic. Pis. 3, 7:ut in rostris prius quam in senatu litterae recitarentur,
Liv. 27, 50 fin.:in rostra escendere,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; Liv. 30, 17:descendere ad rostra,
Suet. Vit. 15:procedere in rostra,
Plin. Pan. 65, 3:cum Vettius descendisset de rostris,
Cic. Vatin. 11, 26; cf.:aliquem de rostris deducere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 21:rem a subselliis ad rostra detulit,
Cic. Clu. 40, 111:caput Sulpicii erectum et ostentatum pro rostris,
Vell. 2, 19, 1; cf.:aliquem defunctum laudare e more pro rostris (v. pro, II. 2.),
Suet. Caes. 6; so,pro rostris,
id. ib. 17; 20; 79; 84; id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 6; id. Calig. 10; id. Claud. 22; id. Ner. 47; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 15, 3; Tac. A. 3, 5; 76; 4, 12; 5, 1;for which: laudavit ipse apud rostra formam ejus,
id. ib. 16, 6:frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 50.— Sing.:tenere rostrum,
Luc. 1, 275:rostrum forumque optare,
id. 7, 65.— Poet.:campumque et rostra movebat,
i. e. the assembled people, Luc. 8, 685. -
6 rōstrum
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.* * *beak, curved bow (of a ship); speaker's platform (in Rome's Forum) (pl.)
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