octaeteris

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Synonym of octennium: An 8-year period, particularly (historical) in Greek calendrical and astronomical calculations.

/ˌɑktaɪˈtɪɹɪs/ /ˌɒktaɪˈtɪəɹɪs/

octaeteris octaeterides

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀκταετηρίς (oktaetērís, “8-year [period]”).

octennium

octaeteric octennial tetraeteris tetraeterid Metonic cycle enneadecaeteris octad

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