quā^drĭ-rēmĭs

I. having four banks of oars: machina, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 73.— Hence, subst.: quā^drĭ-rēmis, is, f., a vessel having four banks of oars, a quadrireme (class.): egreditur Centuripinā quadriremi e portu, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86; 2, 5, 34, § 88: quinque, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; Liv. 24, 33; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207; Inscr. Orell. 2671; 3629.— As adj., Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 73.