Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἑπτήρης (heptḗrēs), from ἑπτᾰ́ (heptá, seven) + ἐρέτης (erétēs, rowers, oars).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

heptēris f (genitive heptēris); third declension

  1. a galley with seven banks of oars

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative heptēris heptērēs
Genitive heptēris heptērium
Dative heptērī heptēribus
Accusative heptērem heptērēs
heptērīs
Ablative heptēre heptēribus
Vocative heptēris heptērēs

References edit

  • hepteris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hepteris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers