octarius
English
Etymology
From New Latin octarius.
Noun
octarius
- Alternative form of octavius (the pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system)
Anagrams
- Air Scout
Latin
Etymology
New Latin, as used by pharmacists for centuries until the early twentieth, and clearly cognate with its synonym octavius, which (like the previously existing proper noun Octavius) is based on classical Latin octavus, "eight"; the origin of the -r- versus -v- variation is uncertain—possibly a transcription error originating and widely copied in the nineteenth century—but both forms are widely attested (octavius[1][p27][2][p582][3][p43]or octarius[4][60][5][p57][6][p145]).
Noun
octarius
- Alternative form of octavius (the pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system)
References
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