penteconter
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκόντορος (pentēkóntoros, literally “fifty-oared”).
Noun[edit]
penteconter (plural penteconters)
- (history, obsolete) A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
- Coordinate terms: unireme/monoreme, bireme, trireme, quadrireme, quinquereme/pentere/pentereme, polyreme
Translations[edit]
fifty-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