LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

quadrirēmis

quadrirēmis f (genitive quadrirēmis)

Meaning

  1. quadrireme (a vessel having four men per bank of oars)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

magna nāvis bellica
quadrirēmis -is (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 15

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequadrirēmisquadrirēmēs
genitivequadrirēmisquadrirēmium
dativequadrirēmīquadrirēmibus
accusativequadrirēmemquadrirēmēs
quadrirēmīs
ablativequadrirēme
quadrirēmī		quadrirēmibus
vocativequadrirēmisquadrirēmēs

quā^drĭ-rēmĭs, e (quā^trĭrēmis, Not. Tir. p. 177), adj. quattuor-remus,
I. having four banks of oars: machina, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 73.— Hence, subst.: quā^drĭ-rēmis, is, f., a vessel having four banks of oars, a quadrireme (class.): egreditur Centuripinā quadriremi e portu, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86; 2, 5, 34, § 88: quinque, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; Liv. 24, 33; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207; Inscr. Orell. 2671; 3629.— As adj., Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 73.

Origins

From quadri- + rēmus (“oar”) + -is.

In English words that came into English from quadrirēmis

  • quadriremequadrirēmis

Quick answers

What does quadrirēmis mean in Latin?
quadrirēmis, a noun, means “quadrireme (a vessel having four men per bank of oars)”.
What is the genitive of quadrirēmis?
The genitive singular is quadrirēmis. quadrirēmis is feminine, third declension.