Podium, podij, n. g. Iuuen.An open gallory made without the wall of an house, for men to stand and behold things.Toto podio adaperto spectare consueuerat. Suet. Podium.A stage whereon candles or bookes are set.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pŏdĭum, ii, n., = po/dion, an elevated place, a height.I. In gen. (post-class.): podia ternis alta pedibus fabricantur, Pall. 1, 38.—II. In partic. A. A projection in a building, a jutty, balcony, podium (postAug.), Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 22; Vitr. 3, 3; 5, 7; 7, 4, 4; Dig. 33, 7, 12, 22.—B. A projecting part in the circus or amphitheatre, a parapet or balcony next to the arena, where the emperor and other distinguished persons sat, Suet. Ner. 12; cf. Plin. 37, 3, 11, 45: omnes ad podium spectantes, Juv. 2, 147.