QUINQUEREME

n.[L. quinque, five, and remus, oar. ] A galley having five seats or rows of oars.

QUINQUEREME

Quin "que *reme, n. Etym: [L. quinqueremis; quinque five + remus an oar: cf. F. quinquérème ]

quinquereme

quinquereme |ˈkwɪŋkwɪˌriːm | ▶noun an ancient Roman or Greek galley of a kind believed to have had three banks of oars, the oars in the top two banks being rowed by pairs of oarsmen and the oars in the bottom bank being rowed by single oarsmen. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin quinqueremis, from quinque ‘five ’ + remus ‘oar ’.

quinquereme

quinquereme |ˈkwɪŋkwɪˌriːm | ▶noun an ancient Roman or Greek galley of a kind believed to have had three banks of oars, the oars in the top two banks being rowed by pairs of oarsmen and the oars in the bottom bank being rowed by single oarsmen. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin quinqueremis, from quinque ‘five ’ + remus ‘oar ’.