penteconter

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)

1. (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