English Explanatory Dictionary

penteconter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars.

Word forms

penteconter penteconters pentaconter

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκόντορος (pentēkóntoros, literally “fifty-oared”).

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