octaeterisn.

Brit.

/ˌɒktʌɪˈtɪərɪs/, U.S.

/ˌɑktaɪˈtɪrᵻs/

Forms: 1700s– octaeteris. Plural 1700s octaeterides, 1700s octaheterides, 1800s octaeterids.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin octaeteris; Greek ὀκταετηρίδ-.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin octaeteris (3rd cent.) or its etymon ancient Greek ὀκταετηρίδ-, ὀκταετηρίς period of eight years < ὀκτα- octa- comb. form + ἔτος year (see etesian adj.). Compare French octaétéride (1732; 1721 as octaedéride).In plural form octaeterides after the ancient Greek plural form ὀκταετηρίδες.

In the ancient Greek calendar: a period of eight years, in the course of which three months of 30 days each were intercalated so as to make the year of 12 lunar months correspond with the solar year.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > in different cultures or calendars

Julian period1592

saros1613

octaeteris1645

lustrala1656

biennium1699

Dionysian period1728

Victorian cycle1728

Sothic cycle or period1828

katun1902

1645 L. Sarson Anal. I. Timoth. I. 15 158 Lydiat objecteth against Epiphanius, his falsification about the Romane Consuls, and that..he speaketh of the Paschall cycle of Christians, as if generally it had been Octaeteris.

a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 75 The Octaeteris was the Annus magnus of Cadmus and Minos.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Octaheterides, in Chronology, &c. the Space, or Duration of eight Years.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Octaeteris,..in antiquity, a cycle, or term, of eight years, at the end of which three entire lunar months were added.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 121 The method of the Greeks was more complex (by means of the octaëteris or cycle of 8 years).

1862 G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. 9 Three months of thirty days apiece were intercalated in each of the two first octaeterids.

1899 W. W. Fowler Rom. Festivals 2 In the octaeteris or 8-year cycle there were 99 lunar months.

1988 G. J. Whitrow Time in Hist.: Evol. Gen. Awareness iv. 45 There is considerable doubt about the origin of this cycle, known as the ‘octaeteris’.

Derivatives

† octaeteric adj. Obsolete of or relating to this period.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years > in different cultures or calendars

octaeteric1846

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. ii. 353 (note) The properties of the octaeteric or enneaeteric period.

1862 G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. 38 The octaëteric cycle, attributed to Cleostratus.

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

单词	octaeteris
释义	octaeterisn. Brit. /ˌɒktʌɪˈtɪərɪs/, U.S. /ˌɑktaɪˈtɪrᵻs/ Forms: 1700s– octaeteris. Plural 1700s octaeterides, 1700s octaheterides, 1800s octaeterids. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin octaeteris; Greek ὀκταετηρίδ-. Etymology: < post-classical Latin octaeteris (3rd cent.) or its etymon ancient Greek ὀκταετηρίδ-, ὀκταετηρίς period of eight years < ὀκτα- octa- comb. form + ἔτος year (see etesian adj.). Compare French octaétéride (1732; 1721 as octaedéride).In plural form octaeterides after the ancient Greek plural form ὀκταετηρίδες. In the ancient Greek calendar: a period of eight years, in the course of which three months of 30 days each were intercalated so as to make the year of 12 lunar months correspond with the solar year. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > in different cultures or calendars Julian period1592 saros1613 octaeteris1645 lustrala1656 biennium1699 Dionysian period1728 Victorian cycle1728 Sothic cycle or period1828 katun1902 1645 L. Sarson Anal. I. Timoth. I. 15 158 Lydiat objecteth against Epiphanius, his falsification about the Romane Consuls, and that..he speaketh of the Paschall cycle of Christians, as if generally it had been Octaeteris. a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 75 The Octaeteris was the Annus magnus of Cadmus and Minos. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Octaheterides, in Chronology, &c. the Space, or Duration of eight Years. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Octaeteris,..in antiquity, a cycle, or term, of eight years, at the end of which three entire lunar months were added. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 121 The method of the Greeks was more complex (by means of the octaëteris or cycle of 8 years). 1862 G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. 9 Three months of thirty days apiece were intercalated in each of the two first octaeterids. 1899 W. W. Fowler Rom. Festivals 2 In the octaeteris or 8-year cycle there were 99 lunar months. 1988 G. J. Whitrow Time in Hist.: Evol. Gen. Awareness iv. 45 There is considerable doubt about the origin of this cycle, known as the ‘octaeteris’. Derivatives † octaeteric adj. Obsolete of or relating to this period. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years > in different cultures or calendars octaeteric1846 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. ii. 353 (note) The properties of the octaeteric or enneaeteric period. 1862 G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. 38 The octaëteric cycle, attributed to Cleostratus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1645
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