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trireme

[ trahy-reem ]

noun

, Classical History.
  1. a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.


trireme

/ ˈtraɪriːm /

noun

  1. a galley, developed by the ancient Greeks as a warship, with three banks of oars on each side
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trireme1

1595–1605; < Latin trirēmis having three banks of oars, equivalent to tri- tri- + rēm ( us ) oar + -is adj. suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trireme1

C17: from Latin trirēmis , from tri- + rēmus oar
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Example Sentences

From the logistical and spatial perspectives, each of these triremes could carry around 200 men, with a vast majority of them being rowers.

The era when trireme supremacy meant regional hegemony came to an end not long after that.

Of the Rhodian fleet two quinqueremes and a trireme were destroyed, but no ship was taken.

The arrival of this trireme was thus of very essential service to the Greeks.

He describes the sword as like the beak of the ship known as the trireme, which was rowed with three banks of oars.

It has been like a splendid and richly-dressed trireme sailing, plague-stricken, into a harbor full of ships and boats.

And there, in the soft embracement of the bay, a bird with folded wings asleep—the trireme!

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