penteconter
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκόντορος (pentēkóntoros, literally “fifty-oared”).
Noun
editpenteconter (plural penteconters)
- (history, obsolete) A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
- Coordinate terms: unireme/monoreme, bireme, trireme, quadrireme, quinquereme/pentere/pentereme, polyreme
Translations
editfifty-oared galley
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References
edit- “penteconter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading
edit- penteconter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia