octōphŏron

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.).