octoviraten.

Brit.

/ɒkˈtəʊvᵻrət/, U.S.

/ɑkˈtoʊvərət/,

/ɑkˈtoʊvəˌreɪt/

Forms: 1600s octovirat (Scottish), 1900s– octovirate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octōvir , -ate suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin octōvir member of a council of eight ( < octo eight (see octo- comb. form) + vir man: see virile adj.) + -ate suffix¹, after triumvirate n.

A body of eight men, a council of eight.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > of specific number of people

the twenty-four1440

octovirate1610

douzaine1771

troika1945

1610 J. Forbes Certaine Rec. (1846) 355 The cheiffest of that Octovirat were ever Papists in their hearts.

1895 E. G. Cody & W. Murison tr. J. Leslie in J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotland II. 71 (note) ‘Octoviri, seu ut vocant capitolini..munere probe functus est’—he worthily discharged the office of ‘octovirate’, or as they called it the capitoline.

1936 Amer. Hist. Rev. 41 791 Within the old quattuorvirate, octovirate, and aedilate two members thereafter stand out as possessing the superior prerogative of jurisdiction.

1988 P. A. Brunt Fall Rom. Republic 513 I do not see why the presence of the octovirate in some Umbrian as well as Sabine communities shows that it must be of Roman invention.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octovirate
释义	octoviraten. Brit. /ɒkˈtəʊvᵻrət/, U.S. /ɑkˈtoʊvərət/, /ɑkˈtoʊvəˌreɪt/ Forms: 1600s octovirat (Scottish), 1900s– octovirate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octōvir , -ate suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin octōvir member of a council of eight ( < octo eight (see octo- comb. form) + vir man: see virile adj.) + -ate suffix¹, after triumvirate n. A body of eight men, a council of eight. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > of specific number of people the twenty-four1440 octovirate1610 douzaine1771 troika1945 1610 J. Forbes Certaine Rec. (1846) 355 The cheiffest of that Octovirat were ever Papists in their hearts. 1895 E. G. Cody & W. Murison tr. J. Leslie in J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotland II. 71 (note) ‘Octoviri, seu ut vocant capitolini..munere probe functus est’—he worthily discharged the office of ‘octovirate’, or as they called it the capitoline. 1936 Amer. Hist. Rev. 41 791 Within the old quattuorvirate, octovirate, and aedilate two members thereafter stand out as possessing the superior prerogative of jurisdiction. 1988 P. A. Brunt Fall Rom. Republic 513 I do not see why the presence of the octovirate in some Umbrian as well as Sabine communities shows that it must be of Roman invention. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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