quinqueremis

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Latin

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Etymology

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From quīnque (five) +‎ rēmus (oar) +‎ -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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quīnquerēmis (neuter quīnquerēme); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. 5-oared
  2. 5-manned oars

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative quīnquerēmis quīnquerēme quīnquerēmēs quīnquerēmia
Genitive quīnquerēmis quīnquerēmium
Dative quīnquerēmī quīnquerēmibus
Accusative quīnquerēmem quīnquerēme quīnquerēmēs
quīnquerēmīs
quīnquerēmia
Ablative quīnquerēmī quīnquerēmibus
Vocative quīnquerēmis quīnquerēme quīnquerēmēs quīnquerēmia

Noun

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quīnquerēmis f (genitive quīnquerēmis); third declension

  1. quinquereme, a ship with 5 rowers to each set of 3 banks of oars

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or ).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quīnquerēmis quīnquerēmēs
Genitive quīnquerēmis quīnquerēmium
Dative quīnquerēmī quīnquerēmibus
Accusative quīnquerēmem quīnquerēmēs
quīnquerēmīs
Ablative quīnquerēme
quīnquerēmī
quīnquerēmibus
Vocative quīnquerēmis quīnquerēmēs

Descendants

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  • English: quinquereme
  • Italian: quinquereme

References

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  • quinqueremis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quinqueremis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quinqueremis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • quinqueremis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quinqueremis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin