octonarius

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin octōnārius.

Pronunciation

Noun

octonarius (plural octonarii)

  1. (prosody) A verse having eight metrical feet.
    Synonym: octapody
    Coordinate terms: quaternarius, senarius, septenarius

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From octōnus +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

octōnārius (feminine octōnāria, neuter octōnārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. containing or consisting of eight things
  2. octonary
  3. (nominalized, masculine, prosody) ellipsis of octōnārius versus: an octonarius
    Coordinate terms: quaternārius, sēnārius, septēnārius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative octōnārius octōnāria octōnārium octōnāriī octōnāriae octōnāria
genitive octōnāriī octōnāriae octōnāriī octōnāriōrum octōnāriārum octōnāriōrum
dative octōnāriō octōnāriae octōnāriō octōnāriīs
accusative octōnārium octōnāriam octōnārium octōnāriōs octōnāriās octōnāria
ablative octōnāriō octōnāriā octōnāriō octōnāriīs
vocative octōnārie octōnāria octōnārium octōnāriī octōnāriae octōnāria

Descendants

  • → English: octonarius (learned)
  • French: octonaire
  • Italian: ottonario

References

  • “octonarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “octonarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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