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poliremă — POLIRÉMĂ s.f. (mar.) Corabie cu mai multe rânduri de vâsle. [< fr. polyrème]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 27.07.2005. Sursa: DN POLIRÉMĂ s. f. corabie cu mai multe rânduri de vâsle. (< fr. polyrème) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
Galley slave — A galley slave was a slave rowing in a galley. The expression has two distinct meanings: it can refer either to a convicted criminal sentenced to work at the oar ( French : forçat), or to a kind of human chattel, often a prisoner of war, assigned … Wikipedia
Galeerensklave — Als Galeerensklave wird ein Sklave bezeichnet, der auf einem Ruderschiff (Galeere) ruderte. Der Ausdruck besitzt zwei verschiedene Bedeutungen: Er kann sich entweder auf zur Galeerenstrafe verurteilte Sträflinge (frz.: forçat) beziehen oder auf… … Deutsch Wikipedia
quinquereme — noun An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having five banks of oars. Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir / Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine / With a cargo of ivory, / And apes and peacocks, / Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white … Wiktionary
trireme — noun /ˈtɹaɪ.ɹiːm/ A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship. See Also: unireme, monoreme, penteconter, bireme, quadrireme, quinquereme, pentere, polyreme … Wiktionary
bireme — noun an ancient galley having two banks of oars, one above the other. See Also: unireme, monoreme, penteconter, trireme, quadrireme, quinquereme, pentere, polyreme … Wiktionary
quadrireme — noun a galley with four banks of oars See Also: unireme, monoreme, penteconter, bireme, trireme, quinquereme, pentere, polyreme … Wiktionary
Hellenistic-era warships — The famous 2nd century BC Nike of Samothrace, standing atop the prow of an oared warship, most probably a trihemiolia. From the 4th century BC on, new types of oared warships appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, superseding the trireme and… … Wikipedia
