Penteconter

noun

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Noun

1
A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars. obsolete

Synonyms

bireme galley polyreme quadrireme quinquereme trireme

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκόντορος (pentēkóntoros, literally “fifty-oared”).

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