thranite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme. They were usually the best rowers.

Word forms

thranite thranites thranitae

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρανίτης (thranítēs), from θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”).

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