quā^drĭēris

is, f.

vox hibr. from quattuor and ἄρω, analog. to τριήρης

I. a vessel having four banks of oars, a quadrireme (post-class.): EX CLASS. PR. MIS. QVADRIERE FIDE, Inscr. Murat. 876, 3: quatrieris, Not. Tir. p. 177.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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