Proper name

• L. Octavius, detected in adultery by C. Memmius, and punished by him. (Val. Max. vi. 1. § 13.) (Wikisource | public domain)
• P. Octavius, a noted epicure in the reign of Tiberius, who outbid even Apicius in the sum which he gave for a mullet that Tiberius had ordered to be sold. (Senec. Epist. 95.) (Wikisource | public domain)
• Octavius Graecinus, one of the generals of Sertorius, in Spain, distinguished himself in the first battle fought between Pompey and Sertorius, near the town of Lauron, b. c. 76. He afterwards joined the conspiracy of M. Perperna, by which Sertorius perished, b. c. 72. (Frontin. Strat. ii. 5. § 31 ; Plut. Sert. 26.) (Wikisource | public domain)
• M. Octavius Laenas Curtianus, one of the distinguished men who supplicated the judges on behalf of M. Scaurus, b. c. 54, (Ascon. in Scaur. p. 29, ed. Orelli.) (Wikisource | public domain)
• C. Octavius Laenas, curator of the aquaeducts in Rome, in the reigns of Tiberius and Caligula from a. d. 34 to a. d. 38. (Frontin. Aquaed. § 102.) (Wikisource | public domain)
• Ser. Octavius Laenas Pontianus, consul with M. Antonius Rufinus, in the reign of Hadrian, a. d. 131. (Fasti.) (Wikisource | public domain)
• Octavius Rufus was a friend of the younger Pliny, who addresses two letters to him, in which he presses Octavius to publish the poems he had composed. (Plin. Ep. i. 7, ii. 10.) In another letter (ix. 38) Pliny praises a work of one Rufus, who may, perhaps, be the same as this Octavius Rufus. (Wikisource | public domain)
• Octa'vius Fronto. [Fronto.] (Wikisource | public domain)
• Octa'vius Here'nnius. [Herennius]. (Wikisource | public domain)
• Octa'vius Horatia'nus. [Priscianus, Theodorus.] (Wikisource | public domain)
• Octa'vius Laenas. [Octavius, No. 22, 23.] (Wikisource | public domain)
• Octa'vius Lampa'dio. [Lampadio.] (Wikisource | public domain)
• Octa'vius Mami'lius. [Mamilius.] (Wikisource | public domain)
• Octa'vius Sagitta. [Sagitta.] (Wikisource | public domain)

(adjective) : Octāvĭus, i, m.; Octāvĭa, ae, f.
* The name of a Roman gens, Suet. Aug. 1 sq.; cf. Drumann, History of Rome, vol. iv. p. 218 sq.
* C. Octavius, the father of the emperor Augustus, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 12; id. Phil. 3, 6, 15.
* Octāvĭānus, a, um, , of or belonging to an Octavius, Octavian: Octaviano bello,i. e. in the war of the consul Cn. Octavius with Cinna,Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4: milites,of M. Octavius, who fought for Pompey,Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—Esp., subst.: Octāvĭānus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Augustus, who was adopted out of the gens Octavia into the gens Julia, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; Tac. A. 13, 6; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 79, 1; id. Caes. 1, 2.
* M. Octavius Caecina, a tribune of the people, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 106.
* Rarely of the emperor Augustus, Juv. 8, 242.
* In the fem., Octavia, the name of the two sisters of the emperor Augustus, Suet. Aug. 4; 63; Tac. A. 4, 44.
* Octavia was also the name of the daughter of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, Suet. Claud. 27; id. Ner. 7.
* Octaviae Porticus, two halls in Rome, Vell. 1, 11; 2, 1; Suet. Aug. 29; Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—Hence

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Cn. Octavius A... (Masc), ref: PIR O 0023 | PIR ID4691
• T. Octavius Hiberus (Masc), ref: VI 41268 | PIR ID6104
• C. Iulius Caesar C. Octavius Imp. Caesar Augustus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR I 0215 | PIR ID7396
• L. Lucretius Octavius L... (Masc, senator), ref: PIR L 0409 | PIR ID8567
• C. Marius Marcellus Octavius Publius Cluvius Rufus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR M 0305 | PIR ID8980
• P. Octavius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0019 | PIR ID9800
• P. Octavius (Masc, eques), ref: PIR O 0020 | PIR ID9801
• Octavius (Masc), ref: PIR O 0017 | PIR ID9802
• Octavius (Masc), ref: PIR O 0018 | PIR ID9803
• P. Octavius (Masc), ref: PIR O 0021 | PIR ID9804
• P. Octavius (Masc), ref: PIR O 0022 | PIR ID9805
• Octavius Antoninus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0024 | PIR ID9806
• C. Octavius Appius Suetrius Sabinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0025 | PIR ID9807
• M. Octavius Asiaticus (Masc), ref: AE 1990, 328 | PIR ID9808
• L. Octavius Aurelianus Didasius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0028 | PIR ID9809
• Octavius Avitus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0026 | PIR ID9810
• Q. Octavius Avitus (Masc), ref: PIR O 0027 | PIR ID9811
• L. Octavius Crassus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0029 | PIR ID9812
• L. Octavius Felix (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0031 | PIR ID9813
• L. Octavius Felix (Masc, eques), ref: PIR O 0032 | PIR ID9814
• Octavius Felix (Masc), ref: PIR O 0030 | PIR ID9815
• Q. Octavius Fortunatus Erucianus Stella Stratonianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0033 | PIR ID9816
• Octavius Fronto (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0034 | PIR ID9817
• Sex. Octavius Fronto (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0035 | PIR ID9818
• Q. Octavius Gallus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR O 0036 | PIR ID9819
• L. Octavius Gallus Atticus Concessus Dynamius (Masc, eques), ref: PIR O 0037 | PIR ID9820
• Q. Octavius Gallus Concessianus Dynamius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0038 | PIR ID9821
• Octavius Ianuarius (Masc), ref: PIR O 0039 | PIR ID9822
• L. Octavius Iulianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0040 | PIR ID9823
• Octavius Laenas (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0041 | PIR ID9824
• Octavius Laenas (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0042 | PIR ID9825
• C. Octavius Laenas (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0044 | PIR ID9826
• L. Octavius Laenas (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0045 | PIR ID9827
• Octavius Laenas (Masc), ref: PIR O 0043 | PIR ID9828
• Octavius Licinianus (Masc, eques), ref: D. 9464 cf. AE 1996, 1471 | PIR ID9829
• A. Octavius Ligus (Masc), ref: PIR O 0047 | PIR ID9830
• P. Octavius Lutatius Quintilianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0048 | PIR ID9831
• L. Octavius Memor (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0049 | PIR ID9832
• Octavius Novatus (Masc, senator), ref: Alföldy Röm. Städtewesen (1987) 83-84. 114-115 | PIR ID9833
• Octavius Priscus (Masc), ref: PIR O 0050 | PIR ID9834
• C. Octavius Pudens Caesius Honoratus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR O 0051 | PIR ID9835
• Octavius Rufus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0052 | PIR ID9836
• Octavius Rufus (Masc), ref: PIR O 0053 | PIR ID9837
• Q. Octavius Rufus Erucianus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR O 0054 | PIR ID9838
• Octavius Ruso (Masc), ref: PIR O 0055 | PIR ID9839
• Octavius Sabinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0056 | PIR ID9840
• Octavius Sagitta (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0057 | PIR ID9841
• Q. Octavius Sagitta (Masc, eques), ref: PIR O 0058 | PIR ID9842
• Cn. Octavius Secundus (Masc), ref: PIR O 0059 | PIR ID9843
• Q. Octavius Stratonianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0060 | PIR ID9844
• C. Octavius Suetrius Proculus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0061 | PIR ID9845
• C. Octavius Tidius Tossianus L. Iavolenus Priscus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR I 0014 | PIR ID9846
• Cn. Octavius Titinius Capito (Masc, eques), ref: PIR O 0062 | PIR ID9847
• C. Octavius Vindex (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0063 | PIR ID9848
• Q. Octavius Volusius Thuscenius ... (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0064 | PIR ID9849
• C. Otacilius Octavius Saturninus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR O 0176 | PIR ID9961
• Privatianus Octavius Privatianus (Masc, senator), ref: cf. P1 0726 | PIR ID11071
• L. Octavius Cornelius P. Salvius Iulianus Aemilianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR S 0136 | PIR ID11809
• Sergius Octavius Laenas Pontianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR O 0046 | PIR ID12259
• L. Venuleius Apronianus Octavius Priscus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0253 | PIR ID14152
• L. Venuleius Apronianus L. Venuleius Apronianus Octavius Priscus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0252 | PIR ID14153