adjectivethird-declension three-termination adjective
Octōber1
Octōber (feminine Octōbris)
Classical[ɔkˈtoː.bɛr]Ecclesiastical[okˈtɔː.ber]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- three terminationof October
1st century CE — Lucius Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Re Rustica, Book XII Cum eius radicem mense Octobri, quo[d] maxime matura est.
Datum Romae, Laterani, die XV mensis Octobris, in memoria sanctae Teresiae a Iesu, anno MMXXIII, Pontificatus Nostri undecimo
2023, Pope Francis, Est utique fiducia
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Octōber | Octōbris Octōbria | octōbre |
| genitive | Octōbris Octōbriī | Octōbris Octōbriae | Octōbriī |
| dative | Octōbrī Octōbriō | Octōbrī Octōbriae | Octōbriō |
| accusative | Octōbrem | Octōbrem Octōbriam | octōbre |
| ablative | Octōbrī Octōbriō | Octōbrī Octōbriā | Octōbriō |
| vocative | Octōber Octōbrie | Octōbris Octōbria | octōbre |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Octōbrēs Octōbriī | Octōbrēs Octōbriae | Octōbria |
| genitive | Octōbrium Octōbriōrum | Octōbrium Octōbriārum | octōbria Octōbriōrum |
| dative | Octōbribus Octōbriīs | Octōbribus Octōbriīs | Octōbriīs |
| accusative | Octōbrēs Octōbrīs, Octōbriōs | Octōbrēs Octōbrīs, Octōbriās | octōbria Octōbria |
| ablative | Octōbribus Octōbriīs | Octōbribus Octōbriīs | Octōbriīs |
| vocative | Octōbrēs Octōbriī | Octōbrēs Octōbriae | octōbria Octōbria |
Octōber, bris, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to the eighth (month), the eighth, October, originally the eighth month of the Roman year, reckoning from March;
usually connected with mensis: mense Octobri, Vell. 2, 56; Suet. Aug. 35; id. Dom. 13 al.: Octobres Idus, Mart. 12, 67, 3: Kalendae, id. 10, 87, 1: October equus appellatur, qui in campo Martio mense Octobri immolatur quot annis Marti, bigarum victricum dexterior, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—Subst.: Octōber, bris, m., October, Col. 11, 3 al.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Octōber bris, bre, adj.
octo, of the eighth month (later the tenth): Kalendae: a. d. III Nonas Octobrīs, September 29th.
Origins
By analogy with September, as if from octō and a suffix -ber. In the Roman calendar, the year began with Mārtius (“March”), and Octōber was the eighth month of the year.