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τετρήρης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τετρήρης

Structure: τετρηρ (Stem) + ᾱς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a quadrireme

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ὀλίγαι μὲν τῶν νεῶν φθάνουσιν ὑπεκφυγοῦσαι, ταῖσ δὲ πλείοσιν ἐμβαλοῦσαι αἱ ξὺν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὰσ μὲν αὐτῶν ἄπλουσ ἐποίησαν, πεντήρησ δέ τισ καὶ τετρήρησ αὐτῶν ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ τῷ στόματι τοῦ λιμένοσ ἐλήφθησαν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 22 5:1)
  • τούτων δ’ ἦν ἡ μεγίστη πεντήρησ, ἡ δ’ ἐλαχίστη τετρήρησ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 49 2:2)
  • κατὰ δέ τινα τόπον ἔχοντα βράχεα συνέστη χῶμα μετὰ πολλῆσ ταλαιπωρίασ, ἐφ’ ᾧ τετρήρησ ἐκτρέχουσα νυκτὸσ ἐκάθισε καὶ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ ὑποχείριοσ ἐγένετο, διαφέρουσα τῇ κατασκευῇ τῆσ ναυπηγίασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 47 5:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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