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ὄγδοος

ogdoos

eighth

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Where it lives

  • 2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
  • Leviticus 10 · 5.34/10k
  • Paralipomenon I 6 · 4.51/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 37 · 3.46/10k
  • Machabaeorum II 4 · 3.46/10k
  • Regnorum III 4 · 2.09/10k
  • Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Paralipomenon II 4 · 2.03/10k
  • Revelation 2 · 2.02/10k
  • Regnorum IV 3 · 1.73/10k
  • Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
  • Numeri 3 · 1.3/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὄγδοος · ogdoos — Beekes

ὄγδοος [adj.] ‘eighth’ (IL). <1E *h,ekteh, ‘eight’, *h,ekth,-uo- (Ὁ) ‘eighth’> “VAR ὀγδόατος (Il.); after τέτρατος, etc. *COMP As a first member probably in ὀγδόδιον: θυσία παρ᾽ Ἀθηναίοις τελουμένη Θησεῖ ‘sacrifice brought to Theseus by the Athenians’ (H.), probably of a sacrifice brought “on the eighth day”; cf. on » αὐτόδιον. *DER ὀγδοαῖος ‘appearing on the eighth day’ (Plb., Plu.). On ὀγδοάς, -ήκοντα, etc. see » … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄγδοος, p. 1095]

2. ὄγδοος · ogdoos — Frisk

ὄγδοος (seit Il.), ὀγδόατος (ep. poet. seit Il.; nach τέτρατος usw.) “achter’., Als Vorderglied wahrscheinlich in ὀγδόδιον" ϑυσία παρ᾽ "Adrpaioıs τελουμένη Θησεῖ H., wohl eig. von einem „am achten Tage‘ dargebrachten Opfer; vgl. αὐτόδιον m. Lit. und Sommer Nominalkomp. 47 A. 1. — Davon ὀγδοαῖος “am achten Tage erscheinend’ (PIb., Plu. u.a.). Zu ὀγδοάς, «ἥκοντα USW. 8. ὀκτώ. Aus *öyöofos (altkor. [ὀγ]δόξα), … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄγδοος, p. 1318]

3. ὄγδοος · ogdoos — Frisk

ὄγδοος, ὀγδοήκοντα, ὀκτώ. Darüber eingehend Szemerenyi Numerals (s. Index). öyxla (Epich., Sophr.) soll nach Rosen Lang. 40 (1964) 21f. unabhängig von lat. uncia aus irgendeiner dritten Sprache entlehnt sein. — [Frisk, s.v. ὄγδοος, p. 2285]

4. ὄγδοος · ogdoos — LSJ

eighth

eighth, Il. 7.223, etc. ; ὀγδόη (sc. ἡμέρα), ὀγδόῃ τῆς πρυτανείας IG 1(2).374.416 ; ὀγδόῃ Πυανεψιῶνος Plu. Thes. 36. [ὄγδοον as disyll., Od. 7.261 = 14.287 (s. v. l.) : ὄγδος late spelling in Ostr. 922, etc.]

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄγδοος (scan p. 1095; entry #4421).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄγδοος (scan p. 789; entry #5750).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄγδοος (scan p. 1318; entry #4165).

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