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octavo

n. 八开本；八开纸

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octavo 八开本

octa-,八，-ovo,名词后缀。比较quarto.

octavo (n.): 1580s, printer's word for sheets folded to make eight leaves, from Latin in octavo "in the eighth," ablative of octavus "eighth" (see octave). Abbreviation is 8vo.