Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, one of the rowers on the uppermost tier in a trireme. Compare
zeugite and thalamite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Antiq.) One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical, Ancient Greece One of the
rowers on thetopmost of the three benches in atrireme .
Etymologies
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Examples
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For this reason each thranite was responsible for guiding the zygite and thalamite immediately next to and below him to adjust their stroke to fit the general cadence.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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For this reason each thranite was responsible for guiding the zygite and thalamite immediately next to and below him to adjust their stroke to fit the general cadence.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Again the note changed from despair to incitement, and when at last he called, “And can we cross the Ægean as never trireme crossed and pluck back Hellas from her fate?” thalamite, zygite, and thranite rose, tossing their brawny arms into the air.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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That was the thought of all from Themistocles to the meanest thranite.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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The thranite now and thalamite are pressures low and high,
Songs from Books Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The thranite now and thalamite are pressures low and high,
Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900
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