octans

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English

Noun

octans

  1. plural of octan

Anagrams

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Noun

octans

  1. plural of octà

Latin

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    Cardinal: octō
    Ordinal: octāvus
    Adverbial: octiēs, octiēns
    Proportional: octuplus, octoplus
    Multiplier: octuplex, octiplex
    Distributive: octōnus
    Fractional: octāns, sēscūncia, sēsquūnx, sēscūnx

Pronunciation

Noun

octāns m (genitive octantis); third declension

  1. A measuring instrument, possibly similar to the nautical octant
  2. half a quadrant, an eighth part.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative octāns octantēs
genitive octantis octantium
dative octantī octantibus
accusative octantem octantēs
octantīs
ablative octante octantibus
vocative octāns octantēs

Descendants

  • Italian: ottante

References

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