Vocabulary : Octapla to Octennial

Octapla : A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.
Octaroon : See Octoroon.
Octastyle : See Octostyle.
Octateuch : A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament.
Octavalent : Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals.

Octave : The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival. ;; The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones. ;; The whole diatonic scale itself. ;; The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines. ;; A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe. ;; Consisting of eight; eight.
Octavo : A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8. ;; Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
Octavos : of Octavo
Octene : Same as Octylene.
Octennial : Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years.

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