OCTAVO


Meaning of OCTAVO in English

[ ɒk'tα:vəʊ , -'teɪ- ]

(abbrev.: 8vo )

■ noun ( plural ~s ) a size of book page that results from folding each printed sheet into eight leaves (sixteen pages).

Origin

C16: from L. in ~ 'in an eighth', from octavus 'eighth'.

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