octavius

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin octāvius, a misspelling or alteration of octārius. === Noun === octavius (historical) Alternative form of octarius (the pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system) === References === == Latin == === Etymology === Misspelling or alteration of original octārius (a New Latin coinage). Potential influences include analogy with the semantically related ordinal number octāvus (“eighth”), conflation with the form of the preexisting proper noun Octāvius (from octāvus +‎ -ius), or misreading of the similarly-shaped letters r and v. === Noun === octāvius m (genitive octāviī); second declension (New Latin) misspelling of octārius (The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system) In the body of the work we have no formula for making the fortior but for the liquor ammoniae :— "℞ Ammoniae hydrochloratis, uncias decem Calcis, uncias octo Aquae, octavios duos "Calcem aquâ resolutam in retortam mitte, dein ammoniae hydrochloratem in frustula contritam et reliquam aquam adjice. Distillent liquoris ammoniae fluid unciae quin decim." ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === Notes ===