penteconter

noun

pen·​te·​con·​ter

ˌpentəˈkäntə(r)

plural -s

: an early Hellenic galley characterized by decks fore and aft and carrying fifty rowers

Word History

Etymology

Greek pentēkonteros, from pentēkonta fifty

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