trireme

Example Sentences

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The warship's welcoming ceremony outside the naval base of Salamis included a copy of an ancient Athenian trireme and the Georgios Averof, a historic cruiser that fought in the Balkan Wars.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

“We just aim to get people to know the trireme and have fun.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2018

You get the sense that, were he sent to review an Olive Garden, he would remark, in his opening paragraph, that the bread sticks reminded him of the oars on a trireme.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2017

FOOTNOTE: *Though the Greek word for this type of ship is trieres, it is more commonly known as a trireme, derived from the Latin triremis, meaning having three banks of oars.

From Time Magazine Archive

He scanned the slips for some sort of magic vessel—a trireme, maybe, or a dragon-headed warship like he’d seen in his dreams.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan