octovir
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
octovir (plural octovirs or octoviri)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of eight officials.
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From octō (“eight”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /okˈtoː.u̯ir/, [ɔkˈt̪oːu̯ɪr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /okˈto.vir/, [okˈt̪ɔːvir]
Noun edit
octōvir m (genitive octōvirī); second declension
- (especially in plural) octovir
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | octōvir | octōvirī |
| Genitive | octōvirī | octōvirōrum |
| Dative | octōvirō | octōvirīs |
| Accusative | octōvirum | octōvirōs |
| Ablative | octōvirō | octōvirīs |
| Vocative | octōvir | octōvirī |
References edit
- “octovir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- octovir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.