\Oc"ta*pla\, n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically sing.
[NL., fr.Gr. ? (for ? eight) + -pla, as in E. hexapla; cf.Gr.
? eightfold.]
A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d
century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions
of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.