Lewis Short
pŏdĭum (noun N) = πόδιον:
* An elevated place, a height.
* In gen. (post-class.): podia ternis alta pedibus fabricantur,Pall. 1, 38.
* In partic.
* A projection in a building, a jutty, balcony, podium (postAug.), Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 22; Vitr. 3, 3; 5, 7; 7, 4, 4; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 22.
* A projecting part in the circus or amphitheatre, a parapet or balcony next to the arena, where the emperor and other distinguished persons sat, Suet. Ner. 12; cf. Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 45: omnes ad podium spectantes,Juv. 2, 147.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary