quadriremis Latin · revision 34068

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₁reh₁-(s)mo-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quadrirēmis''' ''f'' (genitive quadrirēmis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|quadri-|t=four]] and [[m|la|rēmus|t=oar]] with the ending ⟨-is⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|rēmus]] to [[itc-pro|*rē(s)mo-|t=oar]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁reh₁-(s)mo-|t=oar]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who has a man leave port in a quadrireme from Centuripae.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a type of galley, which the OLD takes as probably one with four rowers to every room, and Lewis & Short as having four banks of oars.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caesar, Livy and Pliny the Elder mention quadriremes, and inscriptions name them.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Paulinus of Nola uses it as an adjective, having four banks of oars.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a quadrireme from Centuripae.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of five quadriremes.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 353–431 AD – Paulinus of Nola as an adjective.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|quadrireme]], a galley with four rowers to a room or four banks of oars.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[remus|alt=rēmus]]

+ * [[triremis|alt=trirēmis]]

+ * [[quinqueremis|alt=quīnquerēmis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}