Etymology

triaconter

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Today it means: A vessel with thirty rows of oars for rowers. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τριακοντήρης
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromτριακοντήρης
  2. English todaytriaconter

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τριακοντήρης (triakontḗrēs). By surface analysis, triacont- (“thirty”) + -er (“thing to which a certain number applies”).

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