ὀκτώ

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 ηʹ
8
9  → 
    Cardinal: ὀκτώ (oktṓ)
    Ordinal: ὄγδοος (ógdoos)
    Adverbial: ὀκτᾰ́κῐς (oktákis)
    Collective: ὀκτᾰ́ς (oktás), ὀγδοᾰ́ς (ogdoás)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognates include Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa), Latin octō, and Old English eahta (English eight).

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

ὀκτώ (oktṓ) (ordinal ὄγδοος, adverbial ὀκτᾰ́κῐς)

  1. eight

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: ὀκτώ (oktṓ)
  • English: octo-, octa-

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