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octōgēnārĭus: a, um, adj. octogeni,
I containing eighty (post-Aug.): exheredata ab octogenario patre, who was a man of eighty, was eighty years old, Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2; Vulg. 2 Reg. 19, 35: fistula, eighty inches broad, Vitr. 8, 7.—
II Subst.: octōgē-nārĭus, ĭi, m., a commander of eighty soldiers, Inscr. Orell. 3628.