quinqueremis

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

quinquĕrēmis, is, adj. [quinque-remus]:

decem quinqueremes naves, having five banks of oars , Liv. 41, 9, 1.—As subst.: quinquĕrēmis , is, f., a ship or galley having five banks of oars , a quinquereme (class.): in quinqueremi, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103: una, Liv. 42, 48; 37, 12; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.

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