quinqueremen.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪŋkwᵻriːm/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪŋkwəˌrim/

Forms: 1500s cinquereme, 1500s cynquereme, 1500s– quinquereme, 1500s– quinquireme.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quīnquerēmis.

Etymology: < classical Latin quīnquerēmis type of galley rowed by oarsmen arranged in groups of five < quīnque- quinque- comb. form + rēmus oar (see reme n.¹). Compare Middle French, French quinquérème (c1355), Italian quinquereme (a1470). Compare later pentereme n.

An ancient Greek or Roman galley rowed by oarsmen arranged in groups of five, perhaps with three banks of oars, one above the other, the top two each pulled by a pair of men, the bottom by one. Cf. pentereme n.There is continuing debate as to the precise significance of the numerical prefix. Some authorities believe that it refers to a ship having five banks of oars, but in view of the instability of such a design this is unlikely. Cf. trireme n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > galley > with specific number of banks of oars

quinquereme1553

quadrireme1587

trireme1601

pentereme1656

biremea1680

unireme1699

octeresa1703

octoreme1799

triaconter1859

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 41^v The firste Galley of the Macedons that came nere them was a quinquereme [L. prima e Macedonum navibus quinqueremis velocitate inter ceteras eminens occurrit].

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. xlvii. 1143 Himselfe was sent back againe with certaine Quinqueremes [L. cum quinqueremibus remitteretur].

1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 160 The invention of five benches of oars, (or Quinqueremes).

1799 J. Charnock in Naval Chron. 1 132 Ancient galleys, called Triremes, Quadriremes, Quinquiremes.

1840 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 566 They had not a single quinquereme, the class of ships which may be called the line of battle ships of that period.

1865 Athenæum No. 1949. 307/3 A Carthaginian quinquereme.

1932 J. Masefield Coll. Poems 56 Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine.

1955 A. MacLean H.M.S. Ulysses vii. 109 Eighteen ships..carrying a freight far more valuable..than any fleet of quinqueremes or galleons had ever known.

2003 G. Campbell Oxf. Dict. Renaissance 313/2 In the early modern period they [sc. galleys] were usually biremes, manned with three or four oarsmen on each oar; Vettor Fausto attempted in vain to revive the quinquereme.

Compounds

General attributive, as †quinquereme galley, †quinquereme vessel.

ΚΠ

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. ii. vii. 200 Publius Cornelius Scipio..went with Two Quinquereme-Gallyes privatly into Affrick, to Syphax.

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xiv. 134 Trireme, quadrireme, and quinquereme Gallies, which exceeded one another by a Bank of Oars.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxxii. 669 One among his newly-invented quinquereme vessels.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quinquereme
释义	quinqueremen. Brit. /ˈkwɪŋkwᵻriːm/, U.S. /ˈkwɪŋkwəˌrim/ Forms: 1500s cinquereme, 1500s cynquereme, 1500s– quinquereme, 1500s– quinquireme. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quīnquerēmis. Etymology: < classical Latin quīnquerēmis type of galley rowed by oarsmen arranged in groups of five < quīnque- quinque- comb. form + rēmus oar (see reme n.¹). Compare Middle French, French quinquérème (c1355), Italian quinquereme (a1470). Compare later pentereme n. An ancient Greek or Roman galley rowed by oarsmen arranged in groups of five, perhaps with three banks of oars, one above the other, the top two each pulled by a pair of men, the bottom by one. Cf. pentereme n.There is continuing debate as to the precise significance of the numerical prefix. Some authorities believe that it refers to a ship having five banks of oars, but in view of the instability of such a design this is unlikely. Cf. trireme n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > galley > with specific number of banks of oars quinquereme1553 quadrireme1587 trireme1601 pentereme1656 biremea1680 unireme1699 octeresa1703 octoreme1799 triaconter1859 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 41^v The firste Galley of the Macedons that came nere them was a quinquereme [L. prima e Macedonum navibus quinqueremis velocitate inter ceteras eminens occurrit]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. xlvii. 1143 Himselfe was sent back againe with certaine Quinqueremes [L. cum quinqueremibus remitteretur]. 1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 160 The invention of five benches of oars, (or Quinqueremes). 1799 J. Charnock in Naval Chron. 1 132 Ancient galleys, called Triremes, Quadriremes, Quinquiremes. 1840 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 566 They had not a single quinquereme, the class of ships which may be called the line of battle ships of that period. 1865 Athenæum No. 1949. 307/3 A Carthaginian quinquereme. 1932 J. Masefield Coll. Poems 56 Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine. 1955 A. MacLean H.M.S. Ulysses vii. 109 Eighteen ships..carrying a freight far more valuable..than any fleet of quinqueremes or galleons had ever known. 2003 G. Campbell Oxf. Dict. Renaissance 313/2 In the early modern period they [sc. galleys] were usually biremes, manned with three or four oarsmen on each oar; Vettor Fausto attempted in vain to revive the quinquereme. Compounds General attributive, as †quinquereme galley, †quinquereme vessel. ΚΠ 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. ii. vii. 200 Publius Cornelius Scipio..went with Two Quinquereme-Gallyes privatly into Affrick, to Syphax. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xiv. 134 Trireme, quadrireme, and quinquereme Gallies, which exceeded one another by a Bank of Oars. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxxii. 669 One among his newly-invented quinquereme vessels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1553
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