Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τριηρικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τριηρικός τριηρική τριηρικόν

Structure: τριηρικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from trih/rhs

Sense

  1. of or for a trireme

Examples

  • ἔχει δ’ ἡ Μιτυλήνη λιμένασ δύο, ὧν ὁ νότιοσ κλειστὸσ τριηρικὸσ ναυσὶ πεντήκοντα, ὁ δὲ βόρειοσ μέγασ καὶ βαθύσ, χώματι σκεπαζόμενοσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 2 4:10)

Synonyms

  1. of or for a trireme

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

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