octonarius

English

Etymology

From Latin octōnārius.

Noun

octonarius (plural octonarii)

1. A verse having eight metrical feet.

Synonyms

• octapody

Coordinate terms

• binarius
• ternarius
• quaternarius
• senarius
• septenarius

Anagrams

• acutorsion

Latin

Etymology

From octōnus +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ok.toːˈnaː.ri.us/, [ɔkt̪oːˈnäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ok.toˈna.ri.us/, [okt̪oˈnäːrius]

Adjective

octōnārius (feminine octōnāria, neuter octōnārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Containing or consisting of eight things
2. octonary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	octōnārius	octōnāria	octōnārium		octōnāriī	octōnāriae	octōnāria
Genitive	octōnāriī	octōnāriae	octōnāriī		octōnāriōrum	octōnāriārum	octōnāriōrum
Dative	octōnāriō		octōnāriō		octōnāriīs
Accusative	octōnārium	octōnāriam	octōnārium		octōnāriōs	octōnāriās	octōnāria
Ablative	octōnāriō	octōnāriā	octōnāriō		octōnāriīs
Vocative	octōnārie	octōnāria	octōnārium		octōnāriī	octōnāriae	octōnāria

Descendants

• → English: octonarius
• Italian: ottonario

References

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