pulpitum: : PULL-pih-tum

(Latin; pl. pulpiti: a pulpit, platform, or actor’s stage). Roman theatre stage (logeion in the Greek theatre). A platform for a public speaker in front of the scaenae frons; Vitruvius gives the maximum height as five feet as opposed to the ten to twelve-foot height of the Hellenistic logeion. Also can refer to the protective wall (cancellous) that separates the first row of cavea seating from an orchestra that has been converted into an arena, or as a barrier for retaining water in an orchestra converted for naumachia (water spectacles). See also Latin, podium.