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Webster 1913 Edition

Penteconter

Pen′te-conˊter

,

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.

Definition 2024

penteconter

penteconter

English

Alternative forms

pentaconter

Noun

penteconter ‎(plural penteconters)

(historical, obsolete) A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars.

Coordinate terms

References

penteconter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913