trierarchaladj.
/ˈtrʌɪərɑːkəl/ Of or pertaining to a trierarch or trierarchs.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > associated shore-based personnel > [adjective] > relating to trierarchs
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trierarchic1853
1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 127 The city had been full of martial tumult and trierarchal clamour.
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trieˈrarchic adj.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > associated shore-based personnel > [adjective] > relating to trierarchs
trierarchal1837
trierarchic1853
1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxvii. 381 Demosthenes belonged to a trierarchic family.
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 502 The fitting out of war-ships, called the trierarchic liturgy.
trie'archical adj. [Greek τριηραρχικός]
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1891 Athenæum 25 July 128/1 The law of Periander in 357 b.c...placing 1,200 citizens in the trierarchical symmories.
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