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
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..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...classi praeerat sine publica fraude auso facinus, quinqueremem Romanam superantem promunturium ex alto repente adgressae sunt. sed neque..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Adherbali praetori Carthaginem deuehendos tradit. Adherbal coniuratis in quinqueremem impositis praemissaque ea, quia tardior quam triremis erat, ipse..."
