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): [t̪riˈrɛː.mis]
Adjective
trirēmis (neuter trirēme); third-declension two-termination adjective
- 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
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