octovir

English

Etymology

From Latin octōvir.

Noun

octovir (plural octovirs or octoviri)

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

Related terms

octovirate

Latin

Etymology

From octō (“eight”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /okˈtoː.u̯ir/, [ɔkˈt̪oːu̯ɪr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /okˈto.vir/, [okˈt̪ɔːvir]

Noun

octōvir m (genitive octōvirī); second declension

(especially in plural) octovir

Declension

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

“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.

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