different between quinquereme vs bireme

English

Etymology

From Latin qu?nquer?mis, from qu?nque (“five”) + r?mus (“oar”)

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (galley): pentere
• pentereme

Related terms

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

See also

• quinquereme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

quinquereme f (plural quinqueremi)

1. quinquereme

English

Etymology

From Latin bir?mis.

Noun

bireme (plural biremes)

1. (historical) an ancient galley having two banks of oars, one above the other.

Related terms

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

Translations

Anagrams

• bemire, berime

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bir?mis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?r?.me/
• Rhymes: -?me
• Hyphenation: bi?rè?me

Noun

bireme f (plural biremi)

1. bireme

Latin

Noun

bir?me

1. ablative singular of bir?mis