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单词 octapla
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octaplan.

Brit. /ˈɒktəplə/, U.S. /ˈɑktəplə/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin octapla; Greek ὀκταπλᾶ, ὀκταπλοῦς.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin octapla (see octaples n.) or its etymon Byzantine Greek ὀκταπλᾶ a text of the Old Testament consisting of eight versions in parallel columns (4th cent.), use as noun of neuter plural of Hellenistic Greek ὀκταπλοῦς eight-fold ( < ὀκτα- octa- comb. form + -πλόος , -πλοῦς -fold: see -fold suffix), after ἑξαπλᾶ hexapla n. Compare earlier octaples n., and also earlier tetrapla n., hexapla n.
A text consisting of eight versions in parallel columns, esp. of the Old or New Testament.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Octapla, a Term in the sacred Learning, used for a kind of Polyglot Bibles, consisting of eight Columns.
1833 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. ii. xxiv. 306 Having succeeded in finding two other Greek translations, he [sc. Origen] added them to the rest [sc. the Hexapla]; and thus the whole was arranged in eight columns, and was published with the name of Octapla.
1873 A. Lamson Church First Three Cent. (rev. ed.) 176 The two anonymous versions being afterwards added, it obtained the name of the Octapla, as it then consisted of eight columns.
1962 L. A. Weigle New Test. Octapla Introd. p. vii The present New Testament Octapla contains on facing pages the full text of eight English translations of the New Testament.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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