Quinqueremeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin quīnquerēmis (“5-oared”), from quīnque (“five”) + rēmus (“oar”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

名詞

quinquereme (plural quinqueremes)

1. (historical) An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.
   • 1902, John Masefield, “Cargoes” (poem):

     Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir / Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine / With a cargo of ivory, / And apes and peacocks, / Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

同意語

• (galley): pentere
• pentereme

関連する語

• unireme/monoreme/penteconter
• bireme
• trireme
• quadrireme
• septireme
• pentere
• polyreme

形容詞

quīnquerēme

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of quīnquerēmis

名詞

quīnquerēme

1. ablative singular of quīnquerēmis