Definitions
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- noun A period of eight
years in theAncient Greek calendar .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ὀκταετηρίς (oktaetēris)
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Examples
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The octaeteris continued to be used for all public purposes, the only correction being, that three extra days were added to every second octaeteris.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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Cleostratus of Tenedos, at the beginning of the fifth century, had devised the _octaeteris_, or cycle of eight years, and this had been generally adopted.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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