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- Ancient Greek · derived fromθρανίτης
- English todaythranite
From Ancient Greek θρανίτης (thranítēs), from θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
thranite
Today it means: One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme. They were usually the best rowers. Full definition →
Ancient Greek θρανίτης