Definitions for trireme
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. triremenoun

   ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. triremenoun

   A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.

2. Etymology: From triremis, from tri- + remus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Triremenoun

   A galley with three benches of oars on a side.

   Etymology: triremis, Lat.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trireme

   A trireme( TRY-reem; derived from Latin: trirēmis "with three banks of oars"; cf. Greek triērēs, literally "three-rower") was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Romans.The trireme derives its name from its three rows of oars, manned with one man per oar. The early trireme was a development of the penteconter, an ancient warship with a single row of 25 oars on each side (i.e., a single-banked boat), and of the bireme (Ancient Greek: διήρης, diērēs), a warship with two banks of oars, of Phoenician origin. The word dieres does not appear until the Roman period. According to Morrison and Williams, "It must be assumed the term pentekontor covered the two-level type". As a ship, it was fast and agile and was the dominant warship in the Mediterranean from the 7th to the 4th centuries BC, when it was largely superseded by the larger quadriremes and quinqueremes. Triremes played a vital role in the Persian Wars, the creation of the Athenian maritime empire and its downfall during the Peloponnesian War. Medieval and early modern galleys with three files of oarsmen per side are sometimes referred to as triremes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Triremenoun

   an ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Trireme

   A trireme was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Romans. The trireme derives its name from its three rows of oars on each side, manned with one man per oar. The early trireme was a development of the penteconter, an ancient warship with a single row of 25 oars on each side, and of the bireme, a warship with two banks of oars, probably of Phoenician origin. As a ship it was fast and agile, and became the dominant warship in the Mediterranean from the 7th to the 4th centuries BC, when they were largely superseded by the larger quadriremes and quinqueremes. Triremes played a vital role in the Persian Wars, the creation of the Athenian maritime empire, and its downfall in the Peloponnesian War. In English, no differentiation is made between the Greek triērēs and the Latin triremis. This is sometimes a source of confusion, as in other languages these terms refer to different styles of ships. Though the term today is used almost exclusively for ancient warships, modern historians also refer to medieval and early modern galleys with three banks of oars per side as triremes. The rowing arrangement of these differed considerably, though, since knowledge of the multi-level structure of the original triremes was lost some time during Late Antiquity.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trireme

   trī′rēm, n. an ancient galley—esp. a war-galley—having three banks or rows of oars. [Fr.,—L. triremis—tri, tres, three, remus, an oar.]

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1. meriter

2. miterer

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trireme in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trireme in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trireme
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trireme
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=trireme
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trireme
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trireme
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=trireme
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=trireme