quinqueremis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːn.kʷeˈreː.mis/, [kʷiːŋkʷɛˈreːmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwin.kweˈre.mis/, [kwiŋkweˈrɛːmis]

Adjective

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

1. 5-oared
2. 5-manned oars

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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).

Case	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