quinqueremem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →quinqueremis, quinqueremis, quinquereme:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
quinquereme (w/navis), large galley with 5 rowers to each room/banks of oars;
acc. sg. (m./f.) - Entry →quinqueremis, quinqueremis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
quinquereme, large galley with five rowers to each room or five banks of oars;
acc. sg.
Examples
- G
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...naves Laelianas atque ex his longius productam unam quinqueremem et minores duas in angustiis portus cepit itemque..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...classi praeerat sine publica fraude auso facinus, quinqueremem Romanam superantem promunturium ex alto repente adgressae sunt. sed neque..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Adherbali praetori Carthaginem deuehendos tradit. Adherbal coniuratis in quinqueremem impositis praemissaque ea, quia tardior quam triremis erat, ipse..."
