rostra
Stages for speeches
Rostra is the plural of rostrum—a platform or stage for public speaking.
The word comes from the Latin for ship's beak; the original Rostra in ancient Rome was a speakers' platform decorated with the prows of captured enemy vessels.
Today rostra appears mainly in formal or academic contexts: The candidates took their places at the rostra.
Raised platform for speakers
- platformRaised flat structure
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- lecternTilted stand for texts
- daisRaised speaker's platform
orator · speech · address · declamation · tribune · Cicero · forum · eloquence
Of ancient Italy's capital
- ForumNamed public gathering place
- beaksHorny bird mouths
- prowsForward parts of vessels
- shipsSeagoing vessels
victory · monument · naval · spoils · columns · Senate · republic · marble
Horny avian mouthpart
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- proboscisElongated animal head appendage
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- extensionAdded part or duration
appendage · protuberance · anterior · zoological · specimen · morphology · structure · avian
podium
Raised platform for speakers
dais · orator · speech · address · declamation · tribune · Cicero · forum · eloquence · rhetoric
Roman
Of ancient Italy's capital
ships · victory · monument · naval · spoils · columns · Senate · republic · marble · inscriptions
beak
Horny avian mouthpart
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- proboscisElongated animal head appendage
- projectionSomething that extends outward
extension · appendage · protuberance · anterior · zoological · specimen · morphology · structure · avian · insect
rostragallery
Space for displaying artwork
bleachers · pews · auditorium · pit · orchestra pit
rostraaudience
Gathered viewers collectively
congregation · spectators · listeners · auditorium · house