penteconter

English

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

Alternative forms

pentaconter

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκόντορος (pentēkóntoros, literally “fifty-oared”).

Noun

penteconter (plural penteconters)

(historical, obsolete) A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
Coordinate terms: unireme/monoreme, bireme, trireme, quadrireme, quinquereme/pentere/pentereme, polyreme

Translations

fifty-oared galley

Greek:
Ancient Greek: πεντηκόντορος f (pentēkóntoros)
Italian: pentecontera f, pentecontero m, pentecontoro m
Spanish: pentecontero m

References

penteconter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Further reading

penteconter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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