Английский Этимологический словарь - rostrum
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Rostrum
rostrum
- 1542, from L. rostrum, the platform stand for public speakers in the Forum. It was decorated with the beaks of ships taken in the first naval victory of the Roman republic, over Antium, 338 B.C.E.; lit. "beak, muzzle, snout," originally "means of gnawing," instrument noun form of rodere "to gnaw." Extended sense of any platform for public speaking is first recorded 1766. Plural form is rostra.
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1.
~ n a small platform (=raised area) that you stand on when you are making a speech or conducting (conduct1 (2)) musicians ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
(rostrums, or rostra) A rostrum is a raised platform on which someone stands when they are speaking to an audience, receiving a prize, or conducting an orchestra. As he stood on the winner’s rostrum, he sang the words of the national anthem. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural rostra or ~s) Etymology: Latin, beak, ship's beak, from rodere to gnaw — more at rodent Date: 1542 1. Latin Rostra, plural, a platform for speakers in the Roman Forum decorated with the beaks of captured ships, from plural of ~ a. an ancient Roman platform for public orators b. a stage for public speaking c. a raised platform on a stage 2. the curved end of a ship's prow; especially the beak of a war galley 3. a bodily part or process suggesting a bird's bill: as a. the beak, snout, or proboscis of any of various insects or arachnids b. the often spinelike anterior median prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean (as a crayfish or lobster) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. rostra or rostrums) 1 a a platform for public speaking. b a conductor's platform facing the orchestra. c a similar platform for other purposes, e.g. for supporting a film or television camera. 2 Zool. & Bot. a beak, stiff snout, or beaklike part, esp. of an insect or arachnid. 3 Rom. Antiq. the beak of a war-galley. Derivatives (all in sense 2) rostrate adj. rostriferous adj. rostriform adj. Etymology: L, = beak f. rodere ros- gnaw: orig. rostra (pl., in sense 1a) in the Roman forum adorned with beaks of captured galleys ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. трибуна; кафедра to mount the rostrum —- взойти на трибуну who is the speaker on the rostrum? —- кто это выступает? 2. др-рим. ростра 3. нос корабля 4. ист. ростра, изогнутый нос корабля с украшениями 5. клюв ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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