bireme
Dictionary entries
- Entry →biremis, biremis, bireme:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
two-oared; having two oars to each bench/banks of oars; having two oars (L+S);
abl. sg. (all)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →biremis, biremis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
bireme, vessel having 2 oars to each bench/2 banks of oars; 2-oared boat (L+S);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...triduum. Navali proelio in minore Codeta defosso lacu biremes ac triremes quadriremesque Tyriae et Aegyptiae classis magno pugnatorum..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...fugimus omnes. an fratris te bella mei patriaeque biremes terrificant magnoque impar urgeris ab hoste? finge rates alias..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...proelia uires. ceu primum ausurae trans alta ignota biremes, seu Tyrrhenam hiemem, seu stagna Aegaea lacessant, tranquillo prius..."Res Gestae II
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...triginta rostratae naves triremes a[ut birem]es ~ plures autem minores inter se conflixerunt. Q[uibu..."Res Gestae I
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...ducenti, in quo triginta rostratae naves triremes aut biremes, plures autem minores inter se conflixerunt; quibus in classibus..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...obiectam, quae paene insulam oppidum effecerat, et IIII biremes subiectis scutulis impulsas vectibus in interiorem portum traduxit..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...acceptis ab Achaeis—erant autem tres quadriremes et biremes totidem—Anticyram traiecit. inde quinqueremibus septem et lembis uiginti..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ferocia servitia, cum velut munere deum tres biremes adpulere ad usus commeantium illo mari. et erat isdem regionibus..."
