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τρι^ήρ-ης (sc. ναῦς), , gen. εος, Att. ους IG22.1629.615, Ion. ευς Hippon.49.2; acc. εα, Att. η IG22.1610.30, 1623.113, 1632.235,338 (but τριήρην ib.1628.35, 1629.862): nom. pl. εες, Att. εις; gen. τριήρων ib.1627.397, etc., Ion.
A.τριηρέωνHdt.7.89; hence Choerob. in Theod.1.411 H. prescribes as the contr. form τριηρῶν, not τριήρων, as in codd. of Th.6.46, X.HG1.4.11, D.14.9, v. Hdn.Gr.1.428; Thom.Mag.p.356 R. prescribes sg. τριήρεος and pl. τριήρων "τριήρεων ρὰρ . . λέγομεν"), citing Aristid.1.431 J.: gen. dual “τριήροινX. HG1.5.19:—a trireme, i.e. prob. a galley with three men on each bench, each man rowing one oar, and three oars passing together through the παρεξειρεσία (cf. Tarn Hellenistic Military and Naval Developments, Cambridge 1930,pp.122 sqq.), Hdt.2.159, 7.36, Th.1. 13, 2.93, Arist.Mete.369b10, HA533b6, Rh.1411a23, IG22.1623.276, Gal.UP1.24, etc.; “τ. ἱππηγοίIG22.1627.241.
2. metaph., a ship-shaped drinking-vessel, Antiph.224.4, Epin.2.8.
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