quadrireme

See also: quadrirème

English

Illustration of a quadrireme from an ancient Roman coin

Noun

quadrireme (plural quadriremes)

1. (history) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
   • 1980, Colin Thubron, Seafarers: The Venetians, page 121:

     During three decades of peace the Venetian battle fleet had stagnated, but soon, once again, reserve galleys were pushing out of the Arsenal. A colossal quadrireme constructed by the scholar-turned-shipwright Vettor Fausto was loaded with batteries of cannon.

Related terms

• unireme/monoreme
• bireme
• trireme
• quinquereme/pentere
• polyreme

Translations

galley with four banks of oars

• French: quadrirème (fr) f
• Ido: quadriremo (io)
• Italian: quadrireme (it) f
• Portuguese: quadrirreme (pt) f

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.driˈrɛ.me/
• Rhymes: -ɛme
• Hyphenation: qua‧dri‧rè‧me

Noun

quadrireme f (plural quadriremi)

1. quadrireme

Latin

Noun

quadrirēme

1. ablative singular of quadrirēmis