Octaeterisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑktaɪˈtɪɹɪs/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɒktaɪˈtɪəɹɪs/

名詞

octaeteris (複数形 octaeterides)

1. Synonym of octennium: An 8-year period, particularly (historical) in Greek calendrical and astronomical calculations.
   • 1852, Edward Greswell, “On the Lunar in Contradistinction to the Solar Modifications of the Primitive Calendar”, in Fasti Temporis Catholici and Origines Kalendariæ. [...] In Four Volumes, volume I, Oxford: At the Oxford University Press, OCLC 457298519, section V (The Octaëteris), pages 564:

     The octaëteris, or lunæsolar cycle of eight years, is a form of the lunar reckoning of annual time totally distinct from and independent of the reckoning of solar in the primitive equable calendar.