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Definition of Trireme
1. Noun. Ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side.
Definition of Trireme
1. n. An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.
Definition of Trireme
1. Noun. (history nautical archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trireme
1. an ancient Greek or Roman warship [n -S]
Medical Definition of Trireme
1. An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars. Origin: L. Triremis; tri- (see Tri-) + remus an oar, akin to E. Row. See Row to propel with an oar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trireme
Literary usage of Trireme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It was the trireme, however, which formed the chief warship of Greece during her
... The trireme had regularly two masts — a mainmast with one large sail, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"Fur other nautical terms and their meaning, thí reader is referred to the Glossary
appended tu this article. The dimensions of the trireme were, ..."
3. A Day in Old Athens: A Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis (1914)
"The Rowers' Benches of a trireme.—With her full complement of rowers the ...
In ordinary cruising, to be sure, the trireme will make use of her sails, ..."
4. History of Greece: I. Legendary Greece. II. Grecian History to the Reign of by George Grote (1854)
"And after all, it came only just in time. The first trireme had arrived, the
order for execution was actually in the hands of ..."
5. History of Greece by George Grote (1851)
"The trireme carrying the first vote had started the day before, and was already
twenty-four hours trireme on its way to Mitylene. A second trireme was im- ..."
6. A Manual of Greek Antiquities by Percy Gardner, Frank Byron Jevons (1895)
"We may take as our starting-point the mediaeval galley, which undoubtedly was
evolved from the ancient trireme ; or we may start from the Greek texts and ..."
7. A Manual of Greek Antiquities by Percy Gardner, Frank Byron Jevons (1895)
"These seats were removable, and were only inserted at times when the ship was
being fitted out for sea. As to the disposition of the rowers in a trireme, ..."
8. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus, George Campbell Macaulay (1904)
"These then proceeded to embark, and there • came in meanwhile the trireme from
Egina which had gone away to bring the sons of ..."
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