Italian

Noun

prora f ‎(plural prore)

1. (literary, nautical) bow, bows, prow (of a ship)
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXVI, pp. 390-391, vv. 139-141:

     a la quarta levar la poppa in suso ¶ e la prora ire in giù, com'altrui piacque, ¶ infin che 'l mar fu sovra noi richiuso».

     at the fourth time it made the stern uplift ¶ and the prow downward go, as pleased Another, ¶ until the sea above us closed again».

Synonyms

• prua

Related terms

• proravia

Anagrams

• parrò, porrà

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρῷρα ‎(prôira), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- ‎(“to go forth”, “to cross”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.ra/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ra/, [ˈproː.ra]

Noun

prōra f ‎(genitive prōrae); first declension

1. (nautical) prow
   • Vergilius, Aeneis, Book VI

     Obvertunt pelago proras

     They turn their prows to the sea.

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• prora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prora in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PRORA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prora”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• prora in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers