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Definition of Triaconter

Triaconter
Triaconter Tri"a*con`ter, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? thirty.] (Gr. Antiq.) A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirty ranks of rowers.

Meaning of Triaconter from wikipedia

- and Latin words. The earliest Gr**** single-banked galleys are called triaconters (from triakontoroi, "thirty-oars") and penteconters (pentēkontoroi, "fifty-oars")...
- bireme having two sets of oars on each side. The bireme was twice the triaconter's length and height, and thus emplo**** 120 rowers. Biremes were galleys...
- advanced vessels like quinqueremes. Other types of vessel in the fleet were triaconters, penteconters and light boats. Smaller vessels used for river patrols...