quadrireme
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of quadrireme
1590–1600; < Latin quadrirēmis, equivalent to quadri- quadri- + -rēmis (derivative of rēmus oar)
Example Sentences
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They demanded permission to send away the Rhodian quadrireme, with the crew, and the troops of Attalus in the garrison; and that they themselves might depart from the city, each with one suit of apparel.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
A quadrireme was sent in advance, which was captured as soon as it entered the mouth of the harbour, and the ambassadors with difficulty made their escape.
From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius
And some may sing of the galley-foist, and some of the quadrireme, And some of the day the xebec came and hit us abaft the beam.
From Something Else Again by Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams
He was surprised that the quadrireme, with Uncle Catullus on board, had not arrived from the Gulf of Acathantus, nay, was not even in sight.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus
You wish to sell the quadrireme with all her contents.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus
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