[ok-tey-voh, -tah-] 
noun, plural -vos for 2, adjective | 1. | a book size of about 6 × 9 in. (16 × 23 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. Symbol: 8vo, 8° |
| 2. | a book of this size. |
| 3. | in octavo. |
| oc·ta·vo (ŏk-tā'vō, -tä'-) n. pl. oc·ta·vos In both senses also called eightvo.
[Medieval Latin (in) octāvō, (in) an eighth, from Latin, ablative sing. of octāvus, eighth, from octō, eight; see oktō(u) in Indo-European roots.] |
