ogdoad

A thing made up of eight parts.

Noun

  1. A thing made up of eight parts.
    • Probably these, as in the other systems, made the second Ogdoad; and these, with other astral influence, borrowed from the Tsabaism of the region, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the thirty-six Decani - 1855, Henry...

    Synonyms: octet ogdoas

Origin

From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eight, a group of eight”). By surface analysis, ogdo- + -ad.

Forms

ogdoads