Citations:ratum

Noun

 * 1651: Nicolaus ab Amama, Dissertationum marinarum decas: in qua, praeter marina problemata, varia passim fundamentalia, e solidioris Philosophiae Principiis deducta, Dogmata discutiuntur. page 232:
 * Interim tamen ante Noe tempora navium vel ratum ullum exstitisse usum non constat.
 * However before Noah's time it is not certain that any use of boats or rafts existed.
 * 2012: Mark Walker (translator), Hobbitus Ille, Chapter 14 "Ignis et Aqua"
 * nec lintrum nec ratum satis habuit ad copiam portandam, quae pedibus lentius ire coacta est; sed magnam copiam bonorum secunda aqua praemisit.
 * He had not boats or rafts enough for his host, and they were forced to go the slower way by foot; but great store of goods he sent ahead by water. ― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Chapter 14 "Fire and Water"