octarius UK /ɒkˈtɛəɹi.əs/US /ɑkˈtɛɹi.əs/ noun1 •(no longer used, rare) The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system.The college take for their standard the exchequer wine measure of the realm, which they divide into the octarius or pint, the eighth part of a gallon; the fluid ounce, equal the sixteenth part[…] — 1810