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οκτώ
eight /okˈto/
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Example sentences
Έχω οκτώ βιβλία.
I have eight books.
Ξυπνάω κάθε πρωί στις οκτώ.
I wake up every morning at eight.
Το ρολόι χτύπησε οκτώ φορές.
The clock struck eight times.
Η ομάδα αποτελείται από οκτώ παίκτες.
The team consists of eight players.
Οι οκτώ χώρες υπέγραψαν τη συμφωνία μετά από μήνες διαπραγματεύσεων.
The eight countries signed the agreement after months of negotiations.
Παρά τις οκτώ διαφορετικές προτάσεις που κατατέθηκαν, το συμβούλιο δεν κατάφερε να καταλήξει σε συναίνεση.
Despite the eight different proposals submitted, the council failed to reach consensus.
Word family
Etymology
Οκτώ descends from Ancient Greek ὀκτώ, which the language inherited from Proto-Indo-European. Many linguists read the reconstructed form as an old dual, perhaps counting two sets of four fingers. The word has barely changed in three thousand years of Greek. Its relatives survive across most branches of the Indo-European family.
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