rostrum

• n. 説教; スピーカー; 口; くちばし

ラテン語のrostrum, rostrum, くちばし, 舳先, 弓, rodere, 咬む, に由来し、語源は齧歯類、消しゴムと同じ。 現在の語源は、アンティウムが海戦で近隣諸国に勝利した後、古代ローマの広場の円形闘技場にくちばしの形をした弓のトロフィーが置かれたことに由来し、古代ローマ人の勇敢で勇敢な精神を象徴している。後に説教壇、指揮台を意味する言葉に派生した。

rostrum

rostrum: [16] Latin rōstrum originally meant ‘beak’ or ‘muzzle of an animal’ – it was derived from the verb rōdere ‘gnaw’ (source of English corrode [14], erode [17], and rodent [19]). The word was also applied metaphorically to the ‘beaklike’ prows of ships. In 338 BC the platform for public speakers in the Forum in Rome was adorned with the prows of ships captured from Antium (modern Anzio), and so in due course all such platforms came to be known as rostra – whence the English word.
=> corrode, erode, rodent

rostrum (n.)

1540s, from Latin rostrum, name of the platform stand for public speakers in the Forum in ancient Rome. It was decorated with the beaks of ships taken in the first naval victory of the Roman republic, over Antium, in 338 B.C.E., and the word's older sense is "end of a ship's prow," literally "beak, muzzle, snout," originally "means of gnawing," instrument noun form of rodere "to gnaw" (see rodent). Compare claustrum "lock, bar," from claudere "to shut." Extended sense of any platform for public speaking is first recorded 1766. Classical plural form is rostra.

1. He warmly shook hands with those gathered around the rostrum .

彼は議長席の周りに集まった人と握手を交わした。

2.From the rostrum he thundered at them and shookhis fists.

彼は教壇から彼らに大声で叱責し、拳を振り回した。

3.Every eye at the conference was focused on the rostrum .

代表たちの目は大会議長台に集まっている。

4.You can go for a " rostrum "system，which sounds flash，but can be assembled quite cheaply.

は「指揮台」システムを手に入れることができ、それは高価に聞こえるが、実際にはいくらもかからずに組み立てることができる。

5.He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramulal instructors.

彼は校外指導員として、議長席に招待された。