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ὀγδοάς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀγδοάς ὀγδοάδος

Structure: ὀγδοαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. The number eight
  2. A group of eight

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὀγδοάς ὀγδοάδε ὀγδοάδες
Genitive ὀγδοάδος ὀγδοάδοιν ὀγδοάδων
Dative ὀγδοάδι ὀγδοάδοιν ὀγδοάσιν*
Accusative ὀγδοάδα ὀγδοάδε ὀγδοάδας
Vocative ὀγδοάς ὀγδοάδε ὀγδοάδες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ λσ’ πρῶτόσ ἐστι τετράγωνοσ ἅμα καὶ τρίγωνοσ, τετράγωνοσ μὲν ἀπὸ τῆσ ἑξάδοσ τρίγωνοσ δ’ ἀπὸ τῆσ ὀγδοάδοσ· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 13 1:2)
  • "τούτων τοίνυν ἡ μὲν ἑξὰσ ὑπὸ τῆσ τετράδοσ, ἡ δὲ τριὰσ ὑπὸ τῆσ ὀγδοάδοσ πολλαπλασιασθεῖσα, πρώτου κύβου πρῶτοσ τέλειοσ, τὸ τῶν τεττάρων καὶ εἴκοσι παρέσχηκε πλῆθοσ" ἔτι δ’ αὐτοῦ λέγοντοσ, ὁ γραμματιστὴσ Ζωπυρίων δῆλοσ ἦν καταγελῶν καὶ παρεφθέγγετο· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 3:8)
  • "καὶ πρόσθεσ αὐτοῖσ ἔτι τοσοῦτον, τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἐκ δυεῖν τῶν πρώτων κύβων συνηρμόσθαι μονάδοσ καὶ ὀγδοάδοσ, καὶ καθ’ ἑτέραν αὖ πάλιν σύνθεσιν ἐκ δυεῖν τριγώνων, τριάδοσ καὶ ἑξάδοσ ὧν ἑκάτεροσ καὶ τέλειόσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. The number eight

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