The corpus record — Latin

octophoron

octophoron · n

a litter carried by eight bearers

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Where it lives

C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 1 · 0.54/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

octōphŏron — Lewis & Short

octōphŏron (octăph-), i, n., = o)ktw)foron,

I a litter carried by eight bearers: hominem portare octophoro, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 2; Suet. Calig. 43; Mart. 6, 84, 1.—Apposition: lecticā octophoro ferebatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 6 (2d ed.).

In the wild

Octaphoro Martial, Epigrammata 6.84.1
octaphoro Suetonius, C. Caligula 43.1
octaphoro Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.27
octaphoro Cicero, Letters to and from Quintus 2.8.2
octaphoro Apuleius, Apologia 76

Where it came from

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