- octavo
- noun (plural -vos) Etymology: Latin, ablative of octavus eighth Date: 1582 the size of a piece of paper cut eight from a sheet; also a book, a page, or paper of this size
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octavo — octavo, va (Del lat. octāvus). 1. adj. Que sigue inmediatamente en orden al o a lo séptimo. 2. Dicho de una parte: Que constituye cada una de las ocho iguales en que se divide un todo. U. t. c. s.) 3. f. Último de los ocho días. 4. Librito en que … Diccionario de la lengua española
Octavo — Oc*ta vo, n.;pl. {Octavos}. [L. in octavo; in in + octavo, abl. of octavus. See {Octave}.] A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; usually written 8vo… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
octavo — octavo, va adjetivo numeral ordinal,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. Que ocupa la po sición número ocho: Mi sobrino vive en un octavo. adjetivo numeral partitivo,sustantivo masculino 1. Cada una de las ocho partes iguales en que se divide un… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
Octavo — Oc*ta vo, a. Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book, leaf, size, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
octavo — (n.) 1580s, printer s word for sheets folded to make eight leaves, from L. in octavo in the eighth, ablative of octavus eighth (see OCTAVE (Cf. octave)). Abbreviation is 8vo … Etymology dictionary
octavo — ► NOUN (pl. octavos) ▪ a size of book page that results from folding each printed sheet into eight leaves (sixteen pages). ORIGIN from Latin in octavo in an eighth … English terms dictionary
octavo — [äk tā′vō, äktä′vō] n. pl. octavos [< L (in) octavo, (in) eight, abl. of octavus: see OCTAVE] 1. the page size of a book made up of printer s sheets folded into eight leaves: the usual size of each leaf is 6 by 9 inches 2. a book consisting of … English World dictionary
Octavo — Octavo, so v.w. Ochavo … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Octavo — El número ordinal correspondiente al ocho; El número fraccionario 1/8; Ochavo; Octavio; Octaviano; El siglo VIII El VIII milenio a. C. Los reyes y papas con ese numeral: Alejandro VIII Alfonso VIII Clemente VIII Enrique VIII Inocencio VIII Juan… … Wikipedia Español
octavo — ● octavo adverbe (latin octavus, huitième) Huitièmement. (Il s écrit souvent 8°.) … Encyclopédie Universelle
Octavo — For other uses, see Octavo (disambiguation). Octavo (abbreviated 8vo or 8°) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were… … Wikipedia
