quadriremis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

quā̆drĭ-rēmĭs, e (quā̆trĭrēmis, Not. Tir. p. 177), adj. [quattuor-remus],

having four banks of oars : machina, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 73.— Hence, subst.: quā̆drĭ-rēmis , is, f., a vessel having four banks of oars , a quadrireme (class.): egreditur Centuripinā quadriremi e portu, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86; 2, 5, 34, § 88: quinque, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; Liv. 24, 33; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207; Inscr. Orell. 2671; 3629.— As adj., Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 73.

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