Octapla en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɒktəplə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɑktəplə/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Late Latin Octapla, 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.
Meanings
- A Biblical octapla: an edition of the Bible in eight parallel versions or languages.