Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman antiquity, a platform, stage, or tribune; a raised seat; a dais.
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Examples
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(Ch. 5) Quin et legatis Armeniorum causam gentis apud Neronem orantibus escendere suggestum imperatoris et praesidere simul parabat, nisi ceteris pavore defixis Seneca admonuisset, venienti matri occurreret. '
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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From the southern side of the podium projected the suggestum, or imperial gallery, for the accommodation of the emperor and his attendants.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Faunus pelle caprina ex humeris pendente vestitus; pedem super suggestum ignotæ figuræ figit et infantem genu sustinet. no.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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_suggestum_, or stage from which orators addressed the people.
The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman
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