ὀκτα-

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), modeled after ἑπτᾰ́ (heptá, “seven”), τετρᾰ- (tetra-, “four”). Compare ἑξᾰ- (hexa-), πεντᾰ- (penta-, “five”), etc.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.ta/ → /ok.ta/ → /ok.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ok.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ok.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ok.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ok.ta/

Prefix

ὀκτᾰ- • (okta-)

1. eight

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ὀκτα-

References

• 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