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单词 octaeteris
释义

octaeteris

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀκταετηρίς (oktaetērís, 8-year [period]).

Noun

octaeteris (plural octaeterides)

  1. An octennium, a period of eight (8) years (chiefly) in the Ancient Greek calendar or in reference to the short lunisolar cycle.
    • 1852, Edward Greswell, “On the Lunar in Contradistinction to the Solar Modifications of the Primitive Calendar”, in Fasti Temporis Catholici and Origines Kalendariæ. [...] In Four Volumes, volume I, Oxford: At the University Press, OCLC 457298519, section V (The Octaëteris), pages 564:
      The octaëteris, or lunæsolar cycle of eight years, is a form of the lunar reckoning of annual time totally distinct from and independent of the reckoning of solar in the primitive equable calendar.

Synonyms

  • octennium (rare)
  • (adj.): octaeteric, octennial
  • (19-year lunar cycle): Metonic cycle, enneadecaeteris
  • (eight things): octad
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