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trireme
English
Etymology
From Latin trir?mis, from tri- + r?mus (“oar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?a?.?i?m/
Noun
trireme (plural triremes)
- (historical, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.
Related terms
- unireme/monoreme/penteconter
- bireme
- quadrireme
- quinquereme/pentere
- polyreme
Translations
See also
- trireme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- meriter
Italian
Etymology
From Latin trir?mis, from tri- + r?mus (“oar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tri?r?.me/
- Rhymes: -?me
- Hyphenation: tri?rè?me
Noun
trireme f (plural triremi)
- trireme
Anagrams
- trimere
Latin
Adjective
trir?me
- nominative neuter singular of trir?mis
- accusative neuter singular of trir?mis
- vocative neuter singular of trir?mis
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rostrum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin r?strum (“beak, snout”), from r?d(?) (“gnaw”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh?d- + *-trom. The pulpit sense is a back-formation from the name of the Roman R?stra, the platforms in the Forum where politicians made speeches. The R?stra were decorated with (and named for) the beaks (prows) of ships from naval victories.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???st??m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???st??m/, /???s-/
- 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)
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- rostrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Etymology
From r?d(?) (“to gnaw”) +? -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh?d- + *-trom. Originally a bird's beak or animal's snout, but later extended to objects with a similar shape.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ro?s.trum/, [?ro?s?t?????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ros.trum/, [?r?st??um]
Noun
r?strum n (genitive r?str?); second declension
- bill or beak of a bird
- snout or muzzle of an animal
- (nautical) prow of a ship
- a stage or platform for speaking in the forum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
- r?str?tus
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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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
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