octaples

English

Etymology

From French octaples, from Ancient Greek ὀκταπλά (oktaplá), neuter plural of ὀκταπλοῦς (oktaploûs, “eightfold”), from ὀκτα- (okta-, “octa-: eight”) + -πλοος (-ploos, “-fold”), used as the title of such an edition by Origen.

Noun

octaples

1. (obsolete) Synonym of octapla.

Related terms

• tetraples, hexaple

References

• “† octaples, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2020.