rostrum

rōstrum, ī: a bill, beak, 6.597; the beak of a ship, 5.143; pl., Rōstra, ōrum, n., the platform or tribunal for magistrates and orators in the Roman forum, so called because adorned with the beaks of the captured ships of Antium; the Rostra. (rōdō, gnaw)

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

• I 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, 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.—
• • B 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 (89); Lucil., Nov., and Varr. ap. Non. 455, 10 sq.; Petr. 75, 10; so, too, of human statues, Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.—
• II Transf.
• • A 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.—
  • B 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,
  • C 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.

rōstrum, ī. n. (rōdo), das Nagewerkzeug, I) eig., beim Geflügel, der Schnabel, bei anderen Tieren der Rüssel, die Schnauze, Cic. u.a.: v. Munde der Menschen, Maul, Schnabel, teils im verächtlichen Sinne, teils in der vertraulichen Sprache, Plaut. Men. 89. Petron. 75, 10. Commodian. apol. 384. – II) übtr., von dem, was einem Schnabel ähnlich spitz hervorragt, A) im allg., am Winzermesser die gekrümmte Spitze, Colum.: am Pfluge, Plin.: der Lampen, Leuchter, Plin.: insulae, Plin. – B) insbes., der am Vorderteile der Kriegsschiffe der Alten angebrachte, mit Erz beschlagene Schnabel zur Abwehr u. zum Durchbohren feindlicher Schiffe, der Schiffsschnabel, Caes., Liv. u.a.: weil in drei Zacken od. Spitzen ausgehend, r. trifidum, Sil.: r. tridens, Verg.: navis rostris icta supprimitur, Liv. – meton.: a) (poet.) das Vorderteil des Schiffes, Verg. Aen. 10, 157 u. 301. – b) rōstra, ōrum, n., die (mit den Schiffsschnäbeln der von den Antiaten im J. 338 v. Chr. erbeuteten Schiffe gezierte) Rednerbühne und der sie umgebende Raum auf dem Forum, escendere in rostra, Cic.: descendere de rostris, Cic.: contionari conantem de rostris deducere, Caes.: poet., rostra movere, das dort versammelte Volk, Lucan.: rostra forumque optare, Volksversammlung, d.i. Frieden wünschen, Lucan.: a rostris, von der R. (vom Forum) her, Hor. sat. 2, 6, 50: u. so a rostris usque ad arcum Fabianum, Sen. de const. 1, 3.

rostrum [CL] 1 snout or muzzle (of animal). b proboscis (of bee) or analogous part in other creature. c nose (of human). sed rostrum vertit aduncum / ad frontem versus, mordens ceu dentibus apri Hwætberht Aen. 53 (Hyppopotamus piscis) 3; quando ad mentem revocatur ‥ locum suum ‥ vitiis subversum quasi porcorum ~is disjectum invenit Alex. Cant. Dicta 1 p. 116; a scrobe dic scropham cui rostro terra cavatur Garl. Syn. 1579B.  b mulsa nectaris stillicidia guttatim ~o [gl: ore, mid nebbe vel muþe] decerpunt [sc. apes] Aldh. VirgP 3; herbarum copiam ‥ apis ‥ carpenti ‥ ~o pertemptat, melliflua ubi nectaris latet dulcedo Willib. Bonif. 5 p. 22; apis ‥ flores suavi ~o decerpit, quatinus queat melliferum sucum ‥ recondere Byrht. Man. epil. 244; vermem unum cum capite rubeo et ~o acuto pedibusque multis longitudine trium fere unciarum evomuit Mir. Wulfst. I 29.  c galea salutis esto capite [l. capiti] / fronti oculis et cerebro triformi / rostro [gl.: naebbe] labie labie facie timpore [l. labis faciei timpori] (Laidcenn Mac Baíth Lorica) Nunnam. 92. 2 beak or bill (of bird); b (in fig. context). penniger praepes ‥ hiulco [sc. crustulam] advexerat ~o [gl.: ore, bile] Aldh. VirgP 28; columba ‥ que niveam menbranam aureis litteris Anglice inscriptam blando ~o ferens super altare ‥ deposuit V. Kenelmi 10; pellicanus qui pullos mox ut excluserit, ~o occidit, et sanguinis sui effusione resuscitat Ailr. Serm. 482B; falcones ‥ quibus ‥ ~a recurva et acuta ‥ natura dedit Gir. TH I 12; aves mirabiles ‥ habebant ‥ partes ~i cancellatas, per quas poma quasi forcipe vel cultello dividebant M. Par. Maj. V 255; c1390 truncato capite Thome Usk ‥ volucrum ~ibus lacerandum privilegio mittitur Favent 20; ejectum pullum ~o corvus rosit Strecche Hen. V 148; nomina avium: ‥ hoc rustrum, A. nebbe WW.  b nos generose illius aquile si non degeneres pulli sumus ‥ properemus ad manducandum atque lambendum et ~o atque unguibus predam nostram teneamus J. Ford Serm. 8. 2. 3 (transf.) pointed object or projection: a spike, auger; b (used in scaffolding). c wooden pole at front of wagon. d pointed end of shoe. e (w. longum) sort of weapon. a ~i [l. ~a], tindas GlC R 214; †rotnum [? l. rostrum], nabogar [i. e. nafugar] Ib. 216.  b 1285 in cleys, virgis, et rostr[is] emptis ad dicta scaffota KR Ac 467/10 m. 1; 1289 in cc ~is emptis ad scavotas, iiij d. Ib. 467/17 m. 1; 1293 Godefrido le Hirdeler ‥ pro vc ~is ad idem ad scaff[otam], xx d. Ib. 468/6 r. 27.  c quoniam cum a manibus speculatorum plaustrum a monte retroversum [cum] muliere fecunda impingeretur, mox conversum ruendo de montibus vergens ~um confixum est in terra Sim. Glasg. V. Kentig. 5.  d long sporys on her helys, / et rostra fovent ocrearum Pol. Poems I 275; abusiones ille execrabiles sotulares sc. cum longis ~is, Anglice cracowys vel pykys, dimidiam virgam largiter habentes, ita ut oporteret eos ad tibiam ligari cum cathenis argenteis antequam cum eis possent incedere V. Ric. II 126.  e 1451 modo guerrino arraiati ‥ longis ~is et alii armis defensibilibus armati (v. falcastrum b). 4 pointed projection at prow of ship (esp. warship), used to pierce and disable enemy vessels, beak, front of ship. ~a, navium pectora GlC R 199; Cantia complacito patuerunt litora rostro Frith. 1264; busciam ‥ perforatam ~is galearum suarum submersit Lib. Mem. Bernewelle 58; navicule sine ~is Meaux I 140. 5 (pl.) platform in Forum in ancient Rome from which speakers addressed the people, so called because it was decorated with beaks from ships’ prows. vetus ‥ consuetudo ‥ esse fertur contionatorum qui pro ~is [gl.: muris, for heahseldum, on weallum, gemotstowum, i. locis eminentibus] in edito stantes popularibus catervis contionantur Aldh. VirgP 27; ponitur et pro praepositione ‘in’, ut dicimus ‘pro ~is’, ‘pro tribunali’ Bede Orth. 40; Philippus ‥ adversus ordinem senatorum libertatem exercuit, segnitiem ‥ pro ~is exprobrans J. Sal. Pol. 706C; quam ‥ impudenter Duronius ~a conscendit, illa dicturus, ‘freni sunt injecti vobis, Quirites!’ Ib. 741C; s1170 in medio ‥ domus cujusdam grandis, ubi tanquam in foro pro ~is sedere consueverant Gir. EH I 16. 6 (in plant names): a (~um porcinum) sowthistle, chicory, dandelion, or (by conf. w. resta bovis) restharrow. b (~um ancipitis) plant similar to flax. a potest fieri levissima medicina cum ‥ endivia vel ~o porcino, dente leonis, scolopendria ‥ Gad. 4v. 2; alterasecon, i. ~um porcinum vel endivia silvestris quod idem est Ib. 71. 1; altaraxacon, i. ~um porcinum; endivia silvestris, idem SB 10; ~um porcinum, A. sowethistel SB 37; ~um porcinum vel ~um porci, cauda porcina ‥ A. sowethistel. ‥ vocatur ataraxacon secundum Gaddesden capitulo de opilacione epatis Alph. 155; ~um porcinum, A. sugþistel MS BL Add. 15236 f. 20; 14‥ ~um porcinum, resta bovis, i. camhoc MS BL Harley 2378 f. 116; ~um porcinum, A. sowthystell WW.  b ~um ancipitis similis est linarie, sed habet florem inter album et rubeum et etiam aliquantulum pilosa in foliis et in stipite Alph. 155. 7 (w. play on etym.) part of the body in which food is gnawed or nibbled. ~um, ubi roditur aliquid GlC R 211.

rōstrum, (9) ī, n. (rodo), ¶ 1 bec dʼoiseau : Cic. Nat. 1, 101 ; 2, 122 || groin des porcs : Cic. Div. 1, 23 ; 2, 48 ; Ov. M. 8, 371 || museau, mufle, gueule [du chien, du loup, etc.] : Ov. M. 1, 536 ; Plin. 28, 157 ; 8, 112 ; [en parl. dʼune pers., injure ou plaisanterie] Pl. Men. 89 ; Petr. 75, 10 || trompe dʼabeille : Virg. G. 4, 74 ; Plin. 11, 21 ¶ 2 [fig., objets ayant cette forme] ; a) éperon de navire : Cæs. G. 3, 13, 8 ; 3, 14, 4 ; C. 2, 6 ; Liv. 28, 30, etc.; trifidum Sil. 6, 358, éperon à trois pointes, cf., Virg. En. 5, 143 ; [dʼoù] rostra, v. ce mot ; b) pointe dʼune serpette : Col. Rust. 4, 25, 1 || bec de charrue : Plin. 18, 171 || bec de lampe : Plin. 28, 163, etc.

rostrum , i. n.
鳥嘴。猪嘴。— mallei 鎚頭。— falcis 鐮尖。— barbarum 盛鬚之臉。

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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.

ROSTRUM

ROSTRUM[NAVISpp. 217, 220.]

Rostrum

The beak of a ship. See navis, p. 1078.