Get to know Quinqueremes better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning.
Quinqueremes in a sentence
Quinqueremes meaning
plural of quinquereme
Using Quinqueremes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of quinquereme
Context around Quinqueremes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 37.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quinqueremes
- In this selection, "quinqueremes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 37.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, warship and five stand out and add context to how "quinqueremes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include roman warship quinqueremes five bank and triremes and quinqueremes or from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quinqueremes" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quinqueremes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some historians have speculated that, since Rome lacked advanced naval technology, the design of the warships was probably copied from captured Carthaginian triremes and quinqueremes or from ships that had beached on Roman shores due to storms. (37 words)
Octavian's fleet was largely made up of the standard Roman warship, Quinqueremes (five bank rowing galleys) with a few smaller Quadremes (four bank rowing galleys) mixed in. His crews were better-trained, professional, well fed and rested. (38 words)
Octavian's fleet was largely made up of the standard Roman warship, Quinqueremes (five bank rowing galleys) with a few smaller Quadremes (four bank rowing galleys) mixed in. His crews were better-trained, professional, well fed and rested. (38 words)
Some historians have speculated that, since Rome lacked advanced naval technology, the design of the warships was probably copied from captured Carthaginian triremes and quinqueremes or from ships that had beached on Roman shores due to storms. (37 words)
Example sentences (2)
Octavian's fleet was largely made up of the standard Roman warship, Quinqueremes (five bank rowing galleys) with a few smaller Quadremes (four bank rowing galleys) mixed in. His crews were better-trained, professional, well fed and rested.
Some historians have speculated that, since Rome lacked advanced naval technology, the design of the warships was probably copied from captured Carthaginian triremes and quinqueremes or from ships that had beached on Roman shores due to storms.