deck (subs.) Copy link • deck (subs.): pons, pontis., m.: ships floored with d.s, naves pontibus stratae, Tac. A. 2, 6 (where, however, partial decks are meant). Phr.: a ship with a d., navis constrata, Cic.: ships without d.s, naves apertae, Cic.: twenty Rhodian ships all with d.s, viginti Rhodiae naves, tectae omnes, Liv.