Talk:puppis

So is it the front or the back of the ship? Can it be both?

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)