triremis

Latin

Etymology

From tri- +‎ rēmus (“oar”) +‎ -is. Possible calque of Ancient Greek τριήρης (triḗrēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈreː.mis/, [t̪rɪˈreːmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈre.mis/, [t̪riˈrɛːmis]

Adjective

trirēmis (neuter trirēme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. having three banks of oars

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	trirēmis	trirēme		trirēmēs	trirēmia
genitive	trirēmis			trirēmium
dative	trirēmī			trirēmibus
accusative	trirēmem	trirēme		trirēmēs trirēmīs	trirēmia
ablative	trirēmī			trirēmibus
vocative	trirēmis	trirēme		trirēmēs	trirēmia

Noun

trirēmis f (genitive trirēmis); third declension

1. trireme

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	trirēmis	trirēmēs
genitive	trirēmis	trirēmium
dative	trirēmī	trirēmibus
accusative	trirēmem	trirēmēs trirēmīs
ablative	trirēme trirēmī	trirēmibus
vocative	trirēmis	trirēmēs

Descendants

• Catalan: trirrem
• → English: trireme
• Galician: trirreme
• → German: Trireme
• Italian: trireme
• Portuguese: trirreme
• Spanish: trirreme

References

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