trieris

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

trĭēris, e, adj., = τριήρης, having three ranges of oars.

I Adj. : navis, Auct. B. Afr. 44, 2.—

II Subst.: trĭēris , is, f., a ship or galley of three ranges of oar-banks , a trireme , Nep. Alcib. 4, 3; Inscr. Orell. 3610; 3612; 3617 sq.; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 10; Vulg. Isa. 33, 21; id. Dan. 11, 30.

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