ὀκτα-

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), modeled after ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ, “seven”), τετρᾰ- (tetră-, “four”). Compare ἑξᾰ- (hexă-), πεντᾰ- (pentă-, “five”), etc.

Pronunciation

(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- • (oktă-)

eight

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ὀκτα-

ὀκτακόσιοι

ὀκτάπους

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