penteconter

English

Model of a 5th century BC penteconter in a museum.

Alternative forms

• pentaconter

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεντηκόντερος (pentēkónteros, “fifty-oared”).

Noun

penteconter (plural penteconters)

1. (history, obsolete) A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars.

Coordinate terms

• unireme/monoreme
• bireme
• trireme
• quadrireme
• quinquereme/pentere
• polyreme

References

• “penteconter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.