Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Pulpitum

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. 

PUL'PITUM (βῆμα). A tribune or pulpit made of wood and of a moveable character (Suet. Gramm. 4. remoto pulpito), into which an orator, declaimer, grammarian, &c., ascended for the purpose of making himself conspicuous, and acquiring a commanding situation, when about to address an audience. Hor. Epist. i. 19. 40.

2. (λογεῖον, ὀκρίβας). In an ancient theatre that part of the stage (proscenium) which was nearest to the orchestra, upon which the actors stood when they delivered their dialogues or speeches (Hor. A. P. 278. Vitruv. v. 7. 2. Ib. 6. 1. Propert. iv. 1. 16.) It is represented by the elevated platform on the left side of the annexed woodcut (Pulpitum/2.1), which affords a view across the pit and stage in the small theatre at Pompeii; the dark groove which runs along it, shows the recess into which the drop-scene (aulaea) was lowered.

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  Pulpitum/2.1