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nounSynonym of octapla.
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- Ancient Greekὀκταπλά
- Frenchoctaples
- Englishoctaples
From French octaples, from Ancient Greek ὀκταπλά (oktaplá), neuter plural of ὀκταπλοῦς (oktaploûs, “eightfold”), from ὀκτα- (okta-, “octa-: eight”) + -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”), used as the title of such an edition by Origen.
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octaples. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octaples
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