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|lshtext=<b>octāvus</b>: a, um, adj. [[octo]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[eighth]]: octava [[pars]], Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4: [[legio]], Caes. B. G. 2, 23: [[marmor]], the [[eighth]] [[mile]]-[[stone]], Mart. 9, 65, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: octāva, ae, f.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Sc. [[hora]].) The [[eighth]] [[hour]] of the [[day]], Mart. 4, 8, 5; Juv. 1, 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Sc. [[pars]].) The [[eighth]] [[part]], as a [[tax]], Cod. Just. 4, 65, 7; Cod. Th. 4, 12, 6; Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12 (cf. [[octavarius]]).—<br /><b>III</b> Adv.: octāvum, for the [[eighth]] [[time]], Liv. 6, 36, 7.
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