quinquereme Smith-Hall quinquereme: quinquĕrēmis navis, Liv. 41, 9: also quinquĕrēmis, is, f. subs., Cic. Verr. 4, 46: Liv. 42, 48: also (rare) quinquēres, is, f. (hybr. fr. quinque and ἐρέσσω), Nat. Tir. p. 177.