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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

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)
  • 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)
  • "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)
  • 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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