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τριήρης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τριήρης τριῆρες

Structure: τριηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: sub. nau=s

Sense

  1. (feminine substantive) trireme
  2. (feminine substantive) drinking vessel shaped like a ship
  3. having three storeys

Examples

  • πῶσ δὴ τριήρησ ἐστὶ κυναλώπηξ; (Aristotle, Episode 2:12)
  • ὅτι ἡ τριήρησ ἐστὶ χὠ κύων ταχύ. (Aristotle, Episode 2:14)
  • ἐντεῦθεν ἡ οἰκία τριήρησ ἐκλήθη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5 3:1)
  • "ἡ δὲ τριήρησ ἐφ’ ἧσ αὐτὸσ κατέπλει μέχρι μὲν τῶν κλείθρων τοῦ Πειραιέωσ προέτρεχεν ἁλουργοῖσ ἱστίοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 47 3:20)
  • ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁλκὰσ ἢ τριήρησ ναυπηγεῖται μὲν ὑπὸ πληγῶν καὶ βίασ πολλῆσ, σφύραισ καὶ ἥλοισ ἀρασσομένη καὶ γομφώμασι καὶ πρίοσι καὶ πελέκεσι, γενομένην δὲ στῆναι δεῖ καὶ παγῆναι σύμμετρον χρόνον, ἑώσ οἵ τε δεσμοὶ κάτοχοι γένωνται καὶ συνήθειαν οἱ γόμφοι λάβωσιν· (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 9 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. trireme

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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