ὀγδοάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄγδοος (ógdoos) (from ὀκτώ (oktṓ)) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Noun

ὀγδοάς • (ogdoás) f (genitive ὀγδοάδος); third declension

1. The number eight
2. A group of eight

Synonyms

• ὀκτάς (oktás)

References

• “ὀγδοάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀγδοάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette