quinqueremis

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. 5-oared
  2. 5-manned oars

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
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

quīnquerēmis f (genitive quīnquerēmis); third declension

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

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative quīnquerēmis quīnquerēmēs
genitive quīnquerēmis quīnquerēmium
dative quīnquerēmī quīnquerēmibus
accusative quīnquerēmem quīnquerēmēs
quīnquerēmīs
ablative quīnquerēme
quīnquerēmī 		quīnquerēmibus
vocative quīnquerēmis quīnquerēmēs

Descendants

  • → English: quinquereme
  • Italian: quinquereme

References

  • “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
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