octava

octava is a Latin form of octavus, meaning “eighth”. It is the nominative singular feminine adjective.

Found 36 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.8.4: … hostes trium legionum numero posset elicere ad dimicandum, agminis ordinem ita constituit, ut legio septima, octava, nona ante omnia irent impedimenta, deinde omnium impedimentorum agmen, quod tamen erat mediocre, ut in exped …

Suetonius, Caligula 40.1: … nec sine poena, si quis composuisse uel donasse negotium conuinceretur; ex gerulorum diurnis quaestibus pars octaua; ex capturis prostitutarum quantum quaeque uno concubitu mereret; additumque ad caput legis, ut tenerentur pu …

Plautus, Persa 4.4.557c: Octava indiligentia,

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.