triremis

== Latin == === Etymology === From tri- +‎ rēmus (“oar”) +‎ -is. Possible calque of Ancient Greek τριήρης (triḗrēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trɪˈreː.mɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [triˈrɛː.mis] === Adjective === trirēmis (neuter trirēme); third-declension two-termination adjective having three banks of oars ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. === Noun === trirēmis f (genitive trirēmis); third declension trireme ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī). ==== 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