octennis

Latin

Etymology

Derived from octō (“eight”) + annus (“year”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

octennis (neuter octenne); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (Late Latin) eight-year-old

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative octennis octenne octennēs octennia
genitive octennis octennium
dative octennī octennibus
accusative octennem octenne octennēs
octennīs 		octennia
ablative octennī octennibus
vocative octennis octenne octennēs octennia

Coordinate terms

  • biennis, triennis, quadriennis, quinquennis, sexennis, septuennis, novennis, decennis, undecennis, duodecennis, tridecennis, quattuordecennis, quindecennis, sedecennis, septendecennis, duodevicennis, undevicennis, vicennis, tricennis, quadragennis, quinquagennis, sexagennis, septuagennis, octogennis, nonagennis, centennis, ducentennis, trecentennis, quadringentennis, quingentennis, sescentennis, septingentennis, octingentennis, nongentennis, millennis

Descendants

  • Italian: ottenne

References

  • “octennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • octennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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