Octavia
See also: octavia and Octàvia
English
Etymology
From Latin Octāvia, feminine form of the gens name Octāvius, from octavus (“the eighth”).
Proper noun
Octavia
- A female given name from Latin, in quiet use since the Middle Ages.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):: Act II, Scene II:
- If beauty, wisdom, modesty can settle
The heart of Antony, Octavia is
A blessed lottery to him.
- If beauty, wisdom, modesty can settle
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- (astronomy) 598 Octavia, a minor planet orbiting around the Sun.
Translations
female given name
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