biremis

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /biˈreː.mis/, [bɪˈreːmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /biˈre.mis/, [biˈrɛːmis]

Adjective

birēmis (neuter birēme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. having two banks of oars

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	birēmis	birēme		birēmēs	birēmia
Genitive	birēmis			birēmium
Dative	birēmī			birēmibus
Accusative	birēmem	birēme		birēmēs birēmīs	birēmia
Ablative	birēmī			birēmibus
Vocative	birēmis	birēme		birēmēs	birēmia

Noun

birēmis f (genitive birēmis); third declension

1. bireme

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	birēmis	birēmēs
Genitive	birēmis	birēmium
Dative	birēmī	birēmibus
Accusative	birēmem	birēmēs birēmīs
Ablative	birēme birēmī	birēmibus
Vocative	birēmis	birēmēs

References

• “biremis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “biremis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• biremis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “biremis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “biremis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin