Prora, proræ, f. g. Liu.The forepart of a shippe.Perfregerant proras littore illisas.Liu.Acuta prora. Iuue. Prora rostrata. Plin. In nauigio, latera, carinæ, prora, puppis.Cic.Aerata prora.Stat. Terris aduertere proram.Virg.Contorsit læuas proram Palinurus ad vndas.Virg.Detorquet proram ad vndas.Virg.Obtorquet proram in vndas dextras.Stat.Obuertunt pelago proras.Virg.Illisa prora pependit.Virg.Aeratæ steterant ad littora proræ, Virg.Torquent proras ad littora.Virg.They turne the shippe toward. Vertere proras littore. Lucan.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
prōra, ae (collat. form prōris; acc. prorim, Att. ap. Non. 200, 33, or Trag. 575), f., = prw/ra. I.The forepart of a ship, the prow (opp. puppis, the stern; class.): astitit prorae, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 554: prorae admodum erectae, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: rostrata, Plin. 9, 30, 49, 94: terris advertere proram, Verg. G. 4, 117; id. A. 6, 3; 7, 35: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the lookout stationed at the prow, = proreta, Ov. M. 3, 617: suspensa prora navim in puppim statuebat, Liv. 24, 34: prorae litore illisae, id. 22, 20; Luc. 9, 1082; Stat. Th. 5, 335.—Prov.: mihi prora et puppis, ut Graecorum proverbium est, fuit a me tui dimittendi, ut rationes nostras explicares, i. e. my intention from beginning to end, my whole design, Gr. prw/ra kai\ pru/mnh, Cic. Fam. 16, 24, 1.—II.Poet., transf., a ship: quot prius aeratae steterant ad litora prorae, Verg. A. 10, 223; Ov. M. 14, 164.