proreta

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prōrēta, ae, m., = πρωράτης,

the lookout man at the prow , the under-pilot (anteand post-class.): si tu proreta isti navi es, ego gubernator ero, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 75; Dig. 39, 4, 11.