octo-

1. variant of octa-:

   octosyllabic.

octo-

combining_form

1. eight

   octosyllabic

   octagon

Word History and Origins

Origin of octo-¹

from Latin octo, Greek okto

Example Sentences

Sarisberiensis policraticum, sive de nugis curialium et vestigiis philosophorum, libri octo.

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Erat enim hc femina maritata, viginti quatuor annos nata, qu filium pepererat quem vidi ipse, octo jam annos natum.

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An example of this occurs on a copy of Whittington, De octo partibus orationis, London, 1521.

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The "Confessio" is written in octo-syllabic couplets, with four accents.

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In 1647 he published the treatise De vita, moribus, et doctrina Epicuri libri octo.

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