octonariusn.
/ˌɒktə(ʊ)ˈnɛːrɪəs/, U.S. /ˌɑktəˈnɛriəs/ Prosody.
A verse of eight feet.
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octonarius1819
asynartete1830
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octonarius1819
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octonarian1892
1819 J. Carey Lat. Prosody 273 The Catalectic Trochaic Tetrameter..is..only the Iambic Octonarius wanting the first syllable.
1889 Cent. Dict. 4079/3 The iambic octonarius is found used in linear (stichic) composition in the drama either with a dieresis after the first tetrapody (dimeter) or with a cesura in the fifth foot. Anapestic octonarii also occur.
1943 L. R. Lind in J. T. Shipley Dict. World Lit. 489/1 The verse-forms were mainly the iambic senarius, trochaic septenarius and octonarius.
1977 J. A. Cuddon Dict. Lit. Terms Octonarius, in Latin verse a line of eight feet.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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