biremis

== Latin == === Etymology === From bi- + rēmus (“oar”) + -is. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɪˈreː.mɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [biˈrɛː.mis] === Adjective === birēmis (neuter birēme); third-declension two-termination adjective having two banks of oars ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. === Noun === birēmis f (genitive birēmis); third declension bireme: a ship with two banks of oars ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī). ==== Descendants ==== → English: bireme (learned) → French: birème (learned) → German: Bireme (learned) → Italian: bireme (learned) === Further reading === “biremis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “biremis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “biremis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “biremis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “biremis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin