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triremis

triremis · adj

having three banks of oars

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Where it lives

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What it meant

trĭ-rēmis — Lewis & Short

trĭ-rēmis, e, adj.ter-remus,

I having three banks of oars.
I Adj.: naves, Caes. B. C. 2, 6; 3, 24; Nep. Dion, 9, 2; cf. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 3 fin.
II Subst.: trĭ-rēmis, is, f., a vessel with three banks of oars, a trireme, Caes. B. C. 2, 23; 3, 101; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44; Hor. C. 3, 1, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 93; Liv. 31, 22, 5; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207,

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