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octaeterides

octaeterides is the plural of octaeteris.

Meaning of octaeteris

Noun

octaeteris (plural octaeterides)

  1. Synonym of octennium: An 8-year period, particularly (historical) in Greek calendrical and astronomical calculations.
    • 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.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...
    Synonyms:
    octennium

Questions about octaeterides

What is octaeterides the plural of?
Octaeterides is the plural of octaeteris.

Words near octaeterides in the dictionary

  1. octadrachms
  2. octads
  3. octaedral
  4. octaedron
  5. octaeteric
  6. octaeterides
  7. octaeteris
  8. octaethyl
  9. octaethylene glycol
  10. octaethyleneglycol
  11. octaethylporphyrin

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