octans

== English == === Noun === octans plural of octan === Anagrams === Caston, cast-on, Stanco, cast on, Cantos, acts on, actons, NatSoc, cantos, Actons == Catalan == === Noun === octans plural of octà == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔk.tãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔk.tans] === Noun === octāns m (genitive octantis); third declension A measuring instrument, possibly similar to the nautical octant half a quadrant, an eighth part. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== octangulus Octānus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: ottante === References === “octans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “octans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.