proreta

ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prōrēta: ae, m., = πρωράτης,
I 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.

prōrēta, æ, m. (πρῳράτης), matelot en observation à la proue d’un vaisseau, vigie : Pl. Rud. 1014.