Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The captain of a Greek trireme.
- noun An Athenian who outfitted and maintained a trireme as a part of his civic duties.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, the commander of a trireme; also, a property-holder who was obliged to build ships and equip them at his own expense, as a public liturgy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The commander of a trireme.
- noun At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical The
captain of atrireme .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Each trireme had a captain in Athens called the trierarch, who was usually a wealthy man and sometimes a mere figurehead.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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Each trireme had a captain in Athens called the trierarch, who was usually a wealthy man and sometimes a mere figurehead.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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A "trierarch" oversaw the ship and funded the voyage.
Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship Sophia Hollander 2011
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The captain, or "trierarch," commanded implicit obedience.
A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916
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"He is the Steinbrenner of the deal," says Mr. Hirschler, who notes that in ancient times, the trierarch would seek to poach better rowers through an active free-agent system.
Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship Sophia Hollander 2011
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Further still, supposing the allies had not to resort to Athens for the hearing of cases, only the official representative of the imperial state would be held in honour, such as the general, or trierarch, or ambassador.
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Thrasybulus and Thrasyllus, one of whom was a trierarch and the other a private soldier, and to others who were thought to be the steadiest opponents of the oligarchical movement.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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On the other hand, she of whom a coward was born or a worthless man, a bad trierarch or an unskilful pilot, should sit with shaven head, behind her sister who had borne a brave man.
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For I have been trierarch five times, and four times I have been in naval engagements, and have paid many extra taxes in war, and have furnished the other contributions no less than other citizens.
The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias
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Later it was permissible for anyone, appointed as a trierarch, to point out someone richer than himself and to ask to have him take his place with the condition that if the other preferred, he should exchange fortunes with him and continue his office of trierarch.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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