uniremen.

Brit.

/ˈjuːnɪriːm/, U.S.

/ˈjunəˌrim/

Forms: 1600s vnireme, 1700s– unireme.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin uniremis, adjective and noun (1517 or earlier) < classical Latin ūni- uni- comb. form + rēmus reme n.¹, partly after classical Latin birēmis bireme n., trirēmis trireme n., quadrirēmis quadrireme n., and partly after Hellenistic Greek ἑνήρης (adjective) having a single bank of oars. Compare earlier bireme n., trireme n., quadrireme n.

historical.

An ancient vessel or galley with one bank of oars on both sides. 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

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xiv. 135 [A ship] betwixt an Vnireme, and Bireme, consisting of a Bank, and an half.

1797 Brit. Critic May 530 The Uniremes, we suppose to have been those galleys or vessels which had only one row of oars extending between their masts.

1844 Merchants' Mag. July 21 In the uniremes and biremes, there was but one man to an oar; in the triremes, sometimes two.

1867 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1864–6 9 25 They were at first ‘uniremes’, but afterwards were ‘triremes’.

1900 Athenæum 18 Aug. 221/3 The thing shown is meant for a unireme.

1968 J. V. Southworth War at Sea Today I. xi. 261 The Viking ships were one-banked galleys, but they differed in many respects from the uniremes which we have met in the more placid Mediterranean.

2011 M. Woods & M. B. Woods Anc. Warfare Technol. viii. 77 Instead of uniremes, with one row of oars per side, the Romans built liburnians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unireme
释义	uniremen. Brit. /ˈjuːnɪriːm/, U.S. /ˈjunəˌrim/ Forms: 1600s vnireme, 1700s– unireme. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin uniremis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin uniremis, adjective and noun (1517 or earlier) < classical Latin ūni- uni- comb. form + rēmus reme n.¹, partly after classical Latin birēmis bireme n., trirēmis trireme n., quadrirēmis quadrireme n., and partly after Hellenistic Greek ἑνήρης (adjective) having a single bank of oars. Compare earlier bireme n., trireme n., quadrireme n. historical. An ancient vessel or galley with one bank of oars on both sides. 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 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xiv. 135 [A ship] betwixt an Vnireme, and Bireme, consisting of a Bank, and an half. 1797 Brit. Critic May 530 The Uniremes, we suppose to have been those galleys or vessels which had only one row of oars extending between their masts. 1844 Merchants' Mag. July 21 In the uniremes and biremes, there was but one man to an oar; in the triremes, sometimes two. 1867 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1864–6 9 25 They were at first ‘uniremes’, but afterwards were ‘triremes’. 1900 Athenæum 18 Aug. 221/3 The thing shown is meant for a unireme. 1968 J. V. Southworth War at Sea Today I. xi. 261 The Viking ships were one-banked galleys, but they differed in many respects from the uniremes which we have met in the more placid Mediterranean. 2011 M. Woods & M. B. Woods Anc. Warfare Technol. viii. 77 Instead of uniremes, with one row of oars per side, the Romans built liburnians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699
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