octarius

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octarius

/ɒkˈtɛəɹi.əs/ UK
/ɑkˈtɛɹi.əs/ US

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From New Latin octarius.

noun octavius

historical, obsolete, rare The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system. The college take for their standard the exchequer wine measure of the realm, which they divide into the octarius or pint, the eighth part of a gallon; the fluid ounce, equal the sixteenth part[…]

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@misc{octarius_2026,
  title = {octarius},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/octarius},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}