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▪ I. ‖ penteˈconter1 Gr. Antiq.
[a. Gr. πεντηκοντήρ.]
A commander of a troop of fifty men.
1623Bingham Xenophon 54 The Coronels..framed six Companies, euery one consisting of an hundred men, and appointed Captaines ouer them, and Penteconters, and Enomotarches. 1850Grote Greece ii. lvi. VII. 159 The Pentekontêr and the Lochage were responsible also each for his larger division.
▪ II. penteˈconter2 Gr. Antiq.
[ad. Gr. πεντηκοντήρης.]
A ship of burden with fifty oars.
1838Thirlwall Greece IV. xxxiv. 346 Dexippus,..who was sent out with a penteconter.., sailed away to Byzantium. 1846Grote Greece i. iv, Danaos placed his fifty daughters on board of a penteconter (or vessel with fifty oars). |