Talk:puppis
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Soap in topic So is it the front or the back of the ship? Can it be both?
So is it the front or the back of the ship? Can it be both?[edit]
On the poppyhead page, Wikipedia claims that L puppis refers to the stern or the figurehead of a ship. The stern is in back, but the figurehead is in the front of the ship. Did the Latin word have both meanings? Perhaps a semantic shift over time? Or maybe even both at once? We don't list the figurehead meaning at all. —Soap— 07:32, 7 May 2023 (UTC)