adjective
sesquĭ-octāvus
Meaning
- containing nine eighths
sesquĭ-octāvus, a, um, num. adj., corresp. to the Gr. ἐπόγδοος,
I. containing nine eighths, or one and an eighth; bearing the ratio of nine to eight:
intervallum, Cic. Univ. 7, 21; cf. sesquitertius, and v. sesqui.