. "A projecting object , a column , pillar , post sqq.: Rostrata, a column ornamented with beaks of ships Spald.; fragments of the inscription on it are yet extant, v. in the Appendix: Maenia, also absol. Columna, a pillory Absol. ; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. columna." . "A projecting object , a column , pillar , post sqq.: Rostrata, a column ornamented with beaks of ships Spald.; fragments of the inscription on it are yet extant, v. in the Appendix: Maenia, also absol. Columna, a pillory Absol. ; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. columna." . .