QUINQUEREME

Etymology

Noun

quinquereme (plural quinqueremes)

(history) 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.

Synonyms

• (galley): pentere

• pentereme

Source: Wiktionary

Quin"que*reme, n. Etym: [L. quinqueremis; quinque five + remus an oar: cf. F. quinquérème]

Definition: A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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