quinquereme
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 31
- Words With Friends
- 35
- Letters
- 11
Definition of quinquereme
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.
“Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir / Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine / With a cargo of ivory, / And apes and peacocks, / Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.”
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Etymology
From Latin quīnquerēmis (“5-oared”), from quīnque (“five”) + rēmus (“oar”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).
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75 playable · top: REQUIEM (18 pts)
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20 words2-letter words
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