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.).
octōphŏron (octăph- ), i, n., = ὀκτὠφορον,