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trireme
[ trahy-reem ]
noun
, Classical History.
- a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
trireme
/ ˈtraɪriːm /
noun
- 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
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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
The era when trireme supremacy meant regional hegemony came to an end not long after that.
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Of the Rhodian fleet two quinqueremes and a trireme were destroyed, but no ship was taken.
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The arrival of this trireme was thus of very essential service to the Greeks.
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He describes the sword as like the beak of the ship known as the trireme, which was rowed with three banks of oars.
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It has been like a splendid and richly-dressed trireme sailing, plague-stricken, into a harbor full of ships and boats.
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And there, in the soft embracement of the bay, a bird with folded wings asleep—the trireme!
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