tessaraconter

noun

tes·​sa·​ra·​con·​ter

ˌtesərəˈkäntə(r)

plural -s

: a galley with forty banks of oars

Word History

Etymology

Greek tessarakontērēs, from tessarakonta, tesserakonta forty, from tessara- + -konta (akin to Latin -ginti in viginti twenty)

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