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octōni, ae, a, num. distr. adj. [octo].
- I. Eight each, eight at a time, by eights: cum alii octonos lapides ecfodiunt, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 66: partes, Varr. L. L. 9, § 30 Müll.: hujus generis octoni ordines ducti, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8: imperat Bellovacis decem, octona Pictonibus, id. ib. 7, 75, 3: octona milia peditum praetoribus data, Liv. 32, 28.
- II. In gen., eight: octonis iterum natalibus actis, Ov. M. 13, 753: anni, id. ib. 5, 50.
Sing.: octonus (late Lat.) numerus, the number eight, Hil. prol. in Psa. 14.