Octobrius

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Octubrius, Octombrius

Etymology

    From Octōber, with the ending modified to -ius, which seems to have been introduced by analogy from the names of the other months, such as Iānuārius, Mārtius, Iūlius, etc. Compare Septembrius, Novembrius, Decembrius. These innovative forms in -brius for Classical Latin -ber are rarely attested in antique written Latin (there is an example of Decembrius in the 6th century[1]), but Kramer 1983 argues that it is likely the earlier-attested Koine Greek Σεπτέμβριος (Septémbrios), Ὀκτώβριος (Oktṓbrios), Νοέμβριος (Noémbrios), Δεκέμβριος (Dekémbrios) were taken from popular Latin spoken forms in -ius, rather than having their endings independently remodeled in Greek.[2] Month names in -brius are attested in writing from Medieval Latin onwards, sometimes in texts that may have drawn on Eastern sources (such as the Laterculus Malalianus, based in part on the Χρονογραφία (Khronographía) of John Malalas).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    Octōbrius (feminine Octōbria, neuter Octōbrium); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of Octōber (“of October”)
      • 7th century-early 8th century, Laterculus Malalianus 8:[3][4]
        Augustus vero Caesar LVI anno regni sui mense Octubrio qui et Perbereteo secundum Athineos dicitur, habiit in Capitolium, quod est in medium orbis Romae, ut per divinationem addisceret quis regnaturus fuisset post ipsum in Romanam rempublicem.
        Augustus Caesar in the 54th year of his reign, in the month of October, which is also called Perbereteon by the Athenians, went to the Capitolium, which is in the middle of the city of Rome, so that by divination he may know who was going to reign after him in the Roman State.

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative Octōbrius Octōbria Octōbrium Octōbriī Octōbriae Octōbria
    genitive Octōbriī Octōbriae Octōbriī Octōbriōrum Octōbriārum Octōbriōrum
    dative Octōbriō Octōbriae Octōbriō Octōbriīs
    accusative Octōbrium Octōbriam Octōbrium Octōbriōs Octōbriās Octōbria
    ablative Octōbriō Octōbriā Octōbriō Octōbriīs
    vocative Octōbrie Octōbria Octōbrium Octōbriī Octōbriae Octōbria

    Proper noun

    Octōbrius m sg (genitive Octōbriī); second declension

    1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of Octōber (“October”)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Octōbrius
    genitive Octōbriī
    dative Octōbriō
    accusative Octōbrium
    ablative Octōbriō
    vocative Octōbrie

    Descendants

    • >? Old Catalan: vuytubri, uytubri[5]
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: outubro[5]
    • >? Old Spanish: ochubre[5]
    • Sicilian: uttùviru

    References

    1. ^ Kramer, Johannes (1983), “Etyma romanischer Wörter in griechischen Papyrusurkunden”, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, volume 51, page 120
    2. ^ Eleanor Dickey (2023), Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek: A Lexicon and Analysis, page 314
    3. ^ R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Octobrius”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
    4. ^ Claudia Bolgia (2017), Reclaiming the Roman Capitol: Santa Maria in Aracoeli from the Altar of Augustus to the Franciscans, c. 500-1450‎[2], Routledge
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Adams, J. N. (2007), The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600, Cambridge University Press, page 418

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