Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Stlata

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. 

STLA'TA. A particular kind of sea-going vessel (Aul. Gell. x. 25. Auson. Ep. xxii. 31.), constructed with an unusual breadth of beam, and lying low upon the water (Festus s. v.); characteristics which are not sufficiently apparent on any ancient monuments to afford a trustworthy example.