octavius

See also: Octavius

English

Etymology

From New Latin octāvius, a misspelling or alteration of octārius.

Noun

octavius

(historical) Alternative form of octarius (the pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system)^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Edwards, H.M., Vavasseur, P. (1831) John Davies, transl., A manual of materia medica and pharmacy, from the French of H.M. Edwards and P. Vavasseur, corrected and adapted to British practice by John Davies, London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, →LCCN, page 27
^ Bastedo, Walter Arthur (1918) Materia Medica: Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing for Students and Practitioners, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, →LCCN, page 582
^ Barr, William Miller (1918) Industrial engineering: a handbook of useful information for managers, engineers, superintendents, designers, draftsmen and other engaged in constructive work, Part 1, New York City: W.M. Barr Company, →LCCN, page 43

Latin

Etymology

Misspelling or alteration of original octārius (a New Latin coinage). Potential influences include analogy with the semantically related ordinal number octāvus (“eighth”), conflation with the form of the preexisting proper noun Octāvius (from octāvus +‎ -ius), or misreading of the similarly-shaped letters r and v.

Noun

octāvius m (genitive octāviī); second declension

(New Latin) Misspelling of octārius. (The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system)
- 1836, Thomas Everitt, “Review of Some of the Prominent Novelties of the New Edition of the London Pharmacopoeia; with Specimens of the "great care, pains, and industry" with which the old Edition has been "revised, corrected, and reformed."”, in The Lancet, for MDCCCXXXVI-XXXVII. In Two Volumes. Volume 1. (overall work in English), page 528:
  
  In the body of the work we have no formula for making the fortior but for the liquor ammoniae :—
  "℞ Ammoniae hydrochloratis, uncias decem
  Calcis, uncias octo
  
  Aquae, octavios^{[n 1]} duos
  
  "Calcem aquâ resolutam in retortam mitte, dein ammoniae hydrochloratem in frustula contritam et reliquam aquam adjice. Distillent liquoris ammoniae fluid unciae quin decim."

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	octāvius	octāviī
genitive	octāviī	octāviōrum
dative	octāviō	octāviīs
accusative	octāvium	octāviōs
ablative	octāviō	octāviīs
vocative	octāvie	octāviī

Notes

^ Everitt has misquoted the Pharmacopeia of 1836, which actually reads as follows: "℞ Ammoniae Hydrochloratis uncias decem, Calcis uncias octo, Aquae octarios duos; Calcem aquâ resolutam in retortam mitte, dein Ammoniae Hydrochloratem in frustula contritam et reliquam Aquam adjice. Destillent Liquoris Ammoniae fluidunciae quindecim." (Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, 1836, page 56)

[Davies_1831-1] Edwards, H.M., Vavasseur, P. (1831) John Davies, transl., A manual of materia medica and pharmacy, from the French of H.M. Edwards and P. Vavasseur, corrected and adapted to British practice by John Davies, London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, →LCCN, page 27

[Bastedo_1918-2] Bastedo, Walter Arthur (1918) Materia Medica: Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing for Students and Practitioners, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, →LCCN, page 582

[Barr_1918-3] Barr, William Miller (1918) Industrial engineering: a handbook of useful information for managers, engineers, superintendents, designers, draftsmen and other engaged in constructive work, Part 1, New York City: W.M. Barr Company, →LCCN, page 43

[4] Everitt has misquoted the Pharmacopeia of 1836, which actually reads as follows: "℞ Ammoniae Hydrochloratis uncias decem, Calcis uncias octo, Aquae octarios duos; Calcem aquâ resolutam in retortam mitte, dein Ammoniae Hydrochloratem in frustula contritam et reliquam Aquam adjice. Destillent Liquoris Ammoniae fluidunciae quindecim." (Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, 1836, page 56)

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