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Webster 1913 Edition


Penteconter

Pen′te-conˊter

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]), fr. [GREEK] fifty.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
[Written also
pentaconter
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Penteconter

PEN'TECONTER

,
Noun.
[from the Greek.] A Grecian vessel of fifty oars,smaller than a trireme.