quinquereme

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.

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Origin

  • From Latin quīnquerēmis, from quīnque + rēmus

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