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octaeteris

UK/ˌɒktaɪˈtɪəɹɪs/US/ˌɑktaɪˈtɪɹɪs/

octaeteris noun: synonym of octennium: An 8-year period, particularly (historical) in Greek calendrical and astronomical calculations.

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

Synonyms of octaeteris

Forms of octaeteris

pluraloctaeterides

Origin of octaeteris

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

Questions about octaeteris

What does octaeteris mean?
Octaeteris means synonym of octennium: An 8-year period, particularly (historical) in Greek calendrical and astronomical calculations.
What part of speech is octaeteris?
Octaeteris is a noun.
How do you pronounce octaeteris?
Octaeteris is pronounced /ˌɑktaɪˈtɪɹɪs/ (US).
What is the plural of octaeteris?
The plural of octaeteris is octaeterides.

Words near octaeteris in the dictionary

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

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