rostrum

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin rōstrum (“beak, snout”), from rōd(ō) (“gnaw”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- + *-trom. The pulpit sense is a back-formation from the name of the Roman Rōstra, the platforms in the Forum where politicians made speeches. The Rōstra were decorated with (and named for) the beaks (prows) of ships from naval victories. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒstɹəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑstɹəm/, /ˈɹɔs-/ Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒstɹəm, (General American) -ɑstɹəm Hyphenation: ros‧trum === Noun === rostrum (plural rostra or rostrums) A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer. Synonyms: dais, pulpit A platform for a film or television camera. The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme. (zoology) The beak. (zoology) The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils. (zoology) The snout of a dolphin. (anatomy) The oral or nasal region of a human used for anatomical location (i.e. rostral). (botany) Any beak-like extension. (botany) The inner segment of the coronal lobes in asclepiads. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === rostrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === From rōd(ō) (“to gnaw”) +‎ -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- + *-trom. Originally a bird's beak or animal's snout, but later extended to objects with a similar shape. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈroːs.trũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɔs.trum] === Noun === rōstrum n (genitive rōstrī); second declension bill or beak of a bird Synonym: beccus snout or muzzle of an animal (nautical) prow of a ship Synonym: prōra (usually in the plural) a stage or platform for speaking in the forum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== dēclīvirōstris rōstrātus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “rostrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “rostrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "rostrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “rostrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “rostrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “rostrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin