noun · femininefirst declension
prōra
prōra f (genitive prōrae)
Classical[ˈproː.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.ra]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- prow
Vergilius, Aeneis, Book VI
They turn their prows to the sea.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
prīma pars nāvis.prōra -ae f — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōra | prōrae |
| genitive | prōrae | prōrārum |
| dative | prōrae | prōrīs |
| accusative | prōram | prōrās |
| ablative | prōrā | prōrīs |
| vocative | prōra | prōrae |
prōra, ae (collat. form prōris; acc. prorim, Att. ap. Non. 200, 33, or Trag. 575), f., = πρώρα.
I. The forepart of a ship, the prow (opp. puppis, the stern;
class.): astitit prorae, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 554: prorae admodum erectae, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: rostrata, Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94: terris advertere proram, Verg. G. 4, 117; id. A. 6, 3; 7, 35: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the lookout stationed at the prow, = proreta, Ov. M. 3, 617: suspensa prora navim in puppim statuebat, Liv. 24, 34: prorae litore illisae, id. 22, 20; Luc. 9, 1082; Stat. Th. 5, 335.—Prov.: mihi prora et puppis, ut Graecorum proverbium est, fuit a me tui dimittendi, ut rationes nostras explicares, i. e. my intention from beginning to end, my whole design, Gr. πρώρα καὶ πρύμνη, Cic. Fam. 16, 24, 1.—II. Poet., transf., a ship:
quot prius aeratae steterant ad litora prorae, Verg. A. 10, 223; Ov. M. 14, 164.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prōra ae, f
, πρῷρα, the forepart of a ship, bow, prow: prorae admodum erectae, Cs.: terris advertere proram, V.: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the lookout, O.: prorae litore inlisae, L.— Prov.: mihi prora et puppis, ut Graecorum proverbium est, fuit, etc., i. e. my intention from first to last.—A ship: aeratae steterant ad litora prorae, V., O.
Origins
From Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōîra), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).
Elsewhere
- Catalanproa
- Italianprora
- Romanianprorăfrom Italian prora
- Italianproda
- Frenchprouefrom Ligurian prua
- Englishprowfrom Ligurian prua
- Occitanproa
- Italianpruafrom Sicilian prua
- Englishprore
- Istriotprùa
Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portugueseproa
- Galicianproa
Old Spanish
- Spanishproa
Old Leonese
- Asturianproba
- Asturianproa