English Explanatory Dictionary

quinquereme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.

Word forms

quinquereme quinqueremes

Etymology

From Latin quīnquerēmis (“5-oared”), from quīnque (“five”) + rēmus (“oar”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

Synonyms

pentere pentereme

Related words

unireme monoreme penteconter bireme trireme quadrireme septireme pentere polyreme
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