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- Latin · borrowed fromquadrirēmis
- English todayquadrireme
Borrowed from Latin quadrirēmis via Middle French quadrirème, equivalent to quadri- (“four”) + Latin remus (“oar”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
quadrireme
Today it means: A galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen. Full definition →
Latin quadrirēmis