trireme

[ trahy-reem ]

/ ˈtraɪ rim /

a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.

Origin of trireme

1595–1605; < Latin trirēmis having three banks of oars, equivalent to tri- tri- + rēm(us) oar + -is adj. suffix

The era when trireme supremacy meant regional hegemony came to an end not long after that.

Iran Arms Race in Ancient Times Echoes Today |James Romm |April 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A hasty meal snatched on board the trireme which had brought him to Athens had been his only refreshment since the morning.

Callias |Alfred John Church
Such, we may believe, was the trireme of the palmy days of Athens.

Boating |W. B. Woodgate
The jarl was at the helm of the trireme and his face was clouded.

Ulric the Jarl |William O. Stoddard

We were closely pushed and in peril when they ensnared the trireme with their sand.

Ulric the Jarl |William O. Stoddard
The arrival of this trireme was thus of very essential service to the Greeks.

Xerxes |Jacob Abbott

trireme

/ (ˈtraɪriːm) /

a galley, developed by the ancient Greeks as a warship, with three banks of oars on each side

C17: from Latin trirēmis, from tri- + rēmus oar