octogonos

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

octōgōnŏs: (octāgōnŏs), i, adj., = ὀκτώ-γωνία>,
I eight-cornered, octagonal: turris marmorea octogonos, Vitr. 1, 6, 4.— As subst.: octōgōnum, i, n., an octagon, Vitr. 1, 6, 4 al.