octo
See also: octo-
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Numeral
octo
Latin
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Cardinal : octō Ordinal : octāvus Adverbial : octiēs Multiplier : octuplus, octuplex, octoplus Distributive : octōnī Fractional : octāns | ||
Latin Wikipedia article on octō |
Alternative forms
- Symbol: VIII
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognates include Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa), Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), and Old English eahta (English eight).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈok.toː/, [ˈɔkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈok.to/, [ˈɔkt̪o]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Numeral
octō (indeclinable)
- eight; 8
- c. 370 CE, Eutropius, Breviarium historiae romanae 2.2:
- T. etiam Quintius Cincinnatus Praenestinos, qui usque ad urbis Romae portas cum bello venerant, persecutus ad flumen Alliam vicit, octo civitates, quae sub ipsis agebant, Romanis adiunxit, ipsum Praeneste adgressus in deditionem accepit.
- Titus Quintius Cincinnatus, also, having pursued the Praenestini, who had advanced in a hostile manner to the very gates of Rome, defeated them on the river Allia, annexing eight cities that were under their dominion to the Roman empire; and, attacking Praeneste itself, forced it to surrender.
- T. etiam Quintius Cincinnatus Praenestinos, qui usque ad urbis Romae portas cum bello venerant, persecutus ad flumen Alliam vicit, octo civitates, quae sub ipsis agebant, Romanis adiunxit, ipsum Praeneste adgressus in deditionem accepit.
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References
- “octo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “octo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- octo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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