ὀκτα-
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), modeled after ἑπτᾰ́ (heptá, “seven”), τετρᾰ- (tetra-, “four”). Compare ἑξᾰ- (hexa-), πεντᾰ- (penta-, “five”), etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.ta/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ok.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ok.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ok.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ok.ta/
Prefix
[edit]ὀκτᾰ- • (okta-)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “1066”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2