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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

  • ἡ γὰρ ὀγδοὰσ κύβοσ ἀπ’ ἀρτίου πρῶτοσ οὖσα καὶ τοῦ πρώτου τετραγώνου διπλασία, τὸ μόνιμον καὶ δυσκίνητον οἰκεῖον ἔχει τῆσ τοῦ θεοῦ δυνάμεωσ, ὃν ἀσφάλειον καὶ γαιήοχον προσονομάζομεν. (Plutarch, chapter 36 4:2)
  • ἀναγκαζόμενοι γὰρ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι τὰ τέταρτα τῶν καρπῶν, οἱ δὲ ἐξελευθερικοὶ τῶν κτημάτων αὐτῶν τὰσ ὀγδόασ ἀποφέρειν κατεβόων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ταραχαὶ κατεῖχον ἐκ τούτων ἅπασαν τὴν Ἰταλίαν. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 58 1:3)
  • ῥᾴδιον γὰρ ψευσαμένοισ τε κατὰ τῶν κυρίων πεπιστεῦσθαι καὶ τὰ χρήματα ἐνδείξασιν αὐτῶν ἅμα ἐλευθέροισ τε εἶναι καὶ πλουσίοισ μισθῷ τῶν κατηγοριῶν διὰ τὸ ἆθλα αὐτοῖσ προκεῖσθαι τὰσ ὀγδόασ τῶν οὐσιῶν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 19 148:2)

Synonyms

  1. The number eight

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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