Octo- Definition

äktō, äktə
prefix
Eight.
Octane.
American Heritage

Eight.

Wiktionary
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Eight.
Octopus.
Webster's New World

Origin of Octo-

  • Greek okta-, oktō- (from oktō) Latin octō- (from octō) oktō(u) in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktō, “eight") and Latin octō (“eight").

    From Wiktionary

  • Gr oktō- < oktō, eight

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Octo- Sentence Examples

  • A papal diploma, still extant, shows that Count Borel and Bishop Octo or Otho of Ausona were at Rome in January 971, and, as all the other indications point to a corresponding year, enables us to fix the chronology of Gerbert's later life.

  • His masterpiece, Libri octo de synodo diocesana, begun in Bologna, appeared during his pontificate.

  • In 1672 appeared the De jure naturae et gentium, libri octo, and in 1675 a resume of it under the title of De officio hominis et civis.

  • In 1647 he published the treatise De vita, moribus, et doctrina Epicuri libri octo.

  • Among his works, which were first collectively published in 1867-1876, are Absolutissimus de octo orationis partium constructione libellus (Antwerp, 1530), Rudimenta Grammatices (London, 1539), Daily Devotions, Monition to a Godly Life, Epistolae ad Erasmum, and commentaries on different parts of the Bible.

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