in+rostra+escendere

rōstrum, i, n. [rodo], the bill or beak of a bird; the snout, muzzle, mouth of animals (cf. proboscis).

Lit.:

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,

too, of human statues,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin. —

Transf.

In gen., of objects having a similar shape, the curved point of a vine-dresser's billhook, Col. 4, 25, 1;

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.:

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.

ē-scendo ( exs-), di, sum, 3, v. n. and a. [scando].

Neutr., to climb up, mount up, ascend from a place (cf. ascendo init.; also: scando, peto, incedo, ingredior; rare but class.).

In gen.

Lit.:

ex alto puteo ad summum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:

in currum,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 90:

in caelum,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 100; Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71:

in rotam,

id. ib. 5, 9, 24 Klotz N. cr.:

in rostra,

id. Off. 3, 20, 80; cf.:

in contionem,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5; Liv. 8, 33:

in malum (navis),

id. 30, 25 fin.:

in equum,

id. 23, 14, 2; 30, 18, 5:

in navem,

Nep. Them. 8, 6 Nipperd. (for the more usual conscendo).—

Trop.:

ut ad nos contemptus Samnitium pervenit, supra non escendit,

Liv. 7, 30.—

In partic., = anabainein, to go up from the sea-coast:

Pergamum,

Liv. 35, 13, 6:

legati Delphos cum escendissent, etc.,

id. 29, 11, 5.—

Act., to mount, ascend a thing:

pars equos escendere,

Sall. J. 97, 5:

vehiculum,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 23:

suggestum,

Tac. A. 13, 5; cf.

rostra,

id. ib. 15, 59.