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語源

Borrowed from Latin quadrirēmis via Middle French quadrirème, equivalent to quadri- (“four”) +‎ remus (“oar”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkwɒd(ʒ)rɪriːm/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkwɑdrəˌrim/

名詞

quadrireme (plural quadriremes)

1. (historical) A galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
   • 1568, Polybius, translated by Christopher Watson, The hystories of the most famous and worthy cronographer Polybius […] ‎, London: Thomas Hacket, page 60:

     The Romanes hauing gained this prise, & ioyned hir to the Quadrireme bothe well furnished of all necessaries, kept them continnally in the entraunce, prohibiting withoute any difficultie the easie entrance of their enimies into Lilybeum.

   • 1980, Colin Thubron, Seafarers: The Venetians, page 121:

     During three decades of peace the Venetian battle fleet had stagnated, but soon, once again, reserve galleys were pushing out of the Arsenal. A colossal quadrireme constructed by the scholar-turned-shipwright Vettor Fausto was loaded with batteries of cannon.

関連する語

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