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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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 Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)
You wish to sell the quadrireme with all her contents.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
The Emperor Tiberius has confiscated all my possessions; and even my title to the quadrireme is questionable.”
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
Has it to do with the quadrireme, a mutiny among the rowers?”
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
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 Livius, Titus
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