in octavoadv.

Brit.

/ˌɪn ɒkˈteɪvəʊ/,

/ˌɪn ɒkˈtɑːvəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌɪn ɑkˈtɑvoʊ/

Forms: 1500s–1600s in octauo, 1500s– in octavo. Also represented by the abbreviations in 8^vo, in 8vo, in 8vo. (with point).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in octavo.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin in octavo in an eighth (sheet) < classical Latin in in (see in prep.) + octāvo , ablative of octāvus eighth (see octave n.¹). Compare Middle French, French in-octavo adjective (1567) and noun (1752), Italian in ottavo, Spanish en octavo (1734).In the abbreviated forms in 8vo , in 8vo. , etc., with the numeral 8 ultimately representing classical Latin octo eight (see octo- comb. form); for illustration of forms, compare:1675 Philos. Trans. 1674 (Royal Soc.) 9 226 A Discourse of the Cause of Attraction by Suction: By,..Robert Boyle Esq;.., 1674. in 8vo.a1732 Will in L. Leneman Living in Atholl (1986) App. B. 73 Item a Large house Bible in folio..Jeremy Taylors holy Liveing and dying in 8vo Three Latine Authors in 8vo Vizt Virgill Cicero and Buchanan Psalms.1885 Dict. National Biogr. at Andree, John He wrote (all in 8vo): 1. ‘On a Case of Suppression of Urine’, [etc.].1996 T. Cassirer & J.-F. Brière in H. Grégoire On Cultural Achievements of Negroes 133 Objections to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, with Answers, by Ramsay, in 8vo. (London, 1788).

With leaves one-eighth of a standard printing sheet in size; in an edition having leaves of this size.In quot. a1679: (figurative) in brief, in concise form.

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society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [adverb] > in octavo

in octavo1582

in eights1858

1582 R. Parsons Def. Censure 148 I haue two editions in greeke: the one of learned Pagnine in folio, the other of Plantyne in octauo.

1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ 31 I thinke it well if I can drible out a Pistle in octauo nowe and then.

1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. A4 Neither in folio, nor in Decimo sexto, but in Octauo betweene both.

a1679 R. Boyle Mr. Anthony (1690) iii. ii. 23 I have told you in Octavo what we did in Folio, and on my Credit, Jack, never any Duel was replenish'd with more admirable Vicissitudes.

1757 S. Foote Author i. i. 11 I'll deal with you, if we can agree for a Couple of Volumes in Octavo.

1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. (front matter) It will be handsomely printed in octavo, and will appear on the first of Mar, June, September, and December.

1897 New Eng. Mag. Mar. 105/1 In 1812 two more volumes were published; and these were followed by four volumes in octavo.

1999 Re: New Octavo in alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems (Usenet newsgroup) 2 Jan. I was glad to have my poem published in octavo.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	in octavo
释义	in octavoadv. Brit. /ˌɪn ɒkˈteɪvəʊ/, /ˌɪn ɒkˈtɑːvəʊ/, U.S. /ˌɪn ɑkˈtɑvoʊ/ Forms: 1500s–1600s in octauo, 1500s– in octavo. Also represented by the abbreviations in 8^vo, in 8vo, in 8vo. (with point). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in octavo. Etymology: < post-classical Latin in octavo in an eighth (sheet) < classical Latin in in (see in prep.) + octāvo , ablative of octāvus eighth (see octave n.¹). Compare Middle French, French in-octavo adjective (1567) and noun (1752), Italian in ottavo, Spanish en octavo (1734).In the abbreviated forms in 8vo , in 8vo. , etc., with the numeral 8 ultimately representing classical Latin octo eight (see octo- comb. form); for illustration of forms, compare:1675 Philos. Trans. 1674 (Royal Soc.) 9 226 A Discourse of the Cause of Attraction by Suction: By,..Robert Boyle Esq;.., 1674. in 8vo.a1732 Will in L. Leneman Living in Atholl (1986) App. B. 73 Item a Large house Bible in folio..Jeremy Taylors holy Liveing and dying in 8vo Three Latine Authors in 8vo Vizt Virgill Cicero and Buchanan Psalms.1885 Dict. National Biogr. at Andree, John He wrote (all in 8vo): 1. ‘On a Case of Suppression of Urine’, [etc.].1996 T. Cassirer & J.-F. Brière in H. Grégoire On Cultural Achievements of Negroes 133 Objections to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, with Answers, by Ramsay, in 8vo. (London, 1788). With leaves one-eighth of a standard printing sheet in size; in an edition having leaves of this size.In quot. a1679: (figurative) in brief, in concise form. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [adverb] > in octavo in octavo1582 in eights1858 1582 R. Parsons Def. Censure 148 I haue two editions in greeke: the one of learned Pagnine in folio, the other of Plantyne in octauo. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ 31 I thinke it well if I can drible out a Pistle in octauo nowe and then. 1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. A4 Neither in folio, nor in Decimo sexto, but in Octauo betweene both. a1679 R. Boyle Mr. Anthony (1690) iii. ii. 23 I have told you in Octavo what we did in Folio, and on my Credit, Jack, never any Duel was replenish'd with more admirable Vicissitudes. 1757 S. Foote Author i. i. 11 I'll deal with you, if we can agree for a Couple of Volumes in Octavo. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. (front matter) It will be handsomely printed in octavo, and will appear on the first of Mar, June, September, and December. 1897 New Eng. Mag. Mar. 105/1 In 1812 two more volumes were published; and these were followed by four volumes in octavo. 1999 Re: New Octavo in alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems (Usenet newsgroup) 2 Jan. I was glad to have my poem published in octavo. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1582
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