TESSARACONTER


Meaning of TESSARACONTER in English

ˌtesərəˈkäntə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: Greek tessarakontērēs, from tessarakonta, tesserakonta forty, from tessara- + -konta (akin to Latin -ginti in viginti twenty) — more at vicenary

: a galley with forty banks of oars

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