Definition for THRA'NI-TAE

THRA'NI-TAE, n. [THRA'NI-TÆ. plur. Gr. θρανιτης, from θρανος, a seat, θραω, to sit.]

The uppermost or foremost of the three classes of rowers in an Athenian trireme. Brande.

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