octovir

English

Etymology

From Latin octōvir.

Noun

octovir (plural octovirs or octoviri)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of eight officials.

Related terms

• octovirate

Latin

Etymology

From octō (“eight”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /okˈtoː.u̯ir/, [ɔkˈt̪oːu̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /okˈto.vir/, [okˈt̪ɔːvir]

Noun

octōvir m (genitive octōvirī); second declension

1. (especially in plural) octovir

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

	singular	plural
nominative	octōvir	octōvirī
genitive	octōvirī	octōvirōrum
dative	octōvirō	octōvirīs
accusative	octōvirum	octōvirōs
ablative	octōvirō	octōvirīs
vocative	octōvir	octōvirī

References

• “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.