Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Proreta

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PRORE'TA (πρῳρατης). A man who stood upon the forecastle at the ship's head (prora), to keep a look out, and make signs to the helmsman how to steer, as in the annexed illustration (Proreta/1.1) from a medal. He was second in command to the gubernator, and had every thing belonging to the ship's gear under his care and orders. Plaut. Rud. iv. 3. 86. Rutil. Itin. 1. 455. Schaeffer, Mil. Nav. iv. 6.

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  Proreta/1.1