penteconter

English

Model of a 5th century BC penteconter in a museum.

Alternative forms

• pentaconter

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκόντορος (pentēkóntoros, literally “fifty-oared”).

Noun

penteconter (plural penteconters)

1. (history, obsolete) A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars.

   Coordinate terms: unireme/monoreme, bireme, trireme, quadrireme, quinquereme/pentere/pentereme, polyreme

Translations

fifty-oared galley

• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: πεντηκόντορος f (pentēkóntoros)

• Italian: pentecontera f, pentecontero m, pentecontoro m
• Spanish: pentecontero m

References

• “penteconter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• penteconter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia