octans

See also: Octans

English

Noun

octans

1. plural of octan

Anagrams

• Cantos, Caston, actons, cantos, cast on

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Catalan

Noun

octans

1. plural of octà

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈok.tans/, [ˈɔkt̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈok.tans/, [ˈɔkt̪äns]

Noun

octāns m (genitive octantis); third declension

1. A measuring instrument, possibly similar to the nautical octant
2. half a quadrant, an eighth part.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	octāns	octantēs
Genitive	octantis	octantium
Dative	octantī	octantibus
Accusative	octantem	octantēs octantīs
Ablative	octante	octantibus
Vocative	octāns	octantēs

Related terms

• octangulus
• Octānus

Descendants

• Italian: ottante

References

• “octans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• octans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.