quadrireme

See also: quadrirème

English

Illustration of a quadrireme from an ancient Roman coin

Noun

quadrireme (plural quadriremes)

(history) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
- 1980, Colin Thubron, Seafarers: The Venetians, page 121:
  During three decades of peace the Venetian battle fleet had stagnated, but soon, once again, reserve galleys were pushing out of the Arsenal. A colossal quadrireme constructed by the scholar-turned-shipwright Vettor Fausto was loaded with batteries of cannon.

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Translations

galley with four banks of oars

French: quadrirème (fr) f
Ido: quadriremo (io)
Italian: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Portuguese: quadrirreme (pt) f

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwa.driˈrɛ.me/
Rhymes: -ɛme
Hyphenation: qua‧dri‧rè‧me

Noun

quadrireme f (plural quadriremi)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Latin

Noun

quadrirēme

ablative singular of quadrirēmis

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