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单词 ogdoad
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ogdoadn.

Brit. /ˈɒɡdəʊad/, U.S. /ˈɑɡdəˌwɑd/
Forms: Middle English ogtoady, 1600s 1800s– ogdoad, 1600s 1900s– ogdoade. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ogdoad-, ogdoas.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin ogdoad-, ogdoas group of eight aeons (2nd–3rd cent. in Tertullian), the number eight (4th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek ὀγδοάδ- , ὀγδοάς the number eight, group of eight < ancient Greek ὄγδοος eighth ( < the same base as ὀκτώ eight: see octo- comb. form) + -άς -ad suffix1. Compare Anglo-Norman ogdoadis the number eight (14th cent.), Middle French ogdoade group of eight divine beings (a1543).For earlier use of the Greek word in an English context compare:OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. i. 134 Ðes circul ys todæled on twa, þæt ys on ocdoade and endekade on Grecisc, and on Lyden he ys todæled in octo et undecim, þæt ys on Englisc on eahta and endlufon.
(a) The number eight. Obsolete. (b) A group, set, or series of eight; spec. (with reference to the religion of Ancient Egypt) a group of eight divine beings or aeons.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > in Gnosticism > group of eight
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms Prol. l. 39 Eiȝte forsoþe betokneþ þe newe testament; þe parties forsoþe of þe newe testament to ogtoady, þat is to eiȝte deseruen.
1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 258 Their Ogdoades, Duodecads, Triacontads, Pleromaes, Bythos, Siges, and all the Æones, blasphemous speculations.
1657 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms cxix. 1 Pindarus and other Poets had their Ogdoades or Octonaries.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 63 The Ogdoad, they said, was the first Cube, and the onely number evenly even under ten.
1803 G. S. Faber Diss. Myst. Cabiri I. 195 (note) The arkite ogdoad, or the eight Cabiric gods of Egypt.
1833 C. F. Crusé tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) v. xix. 203 Irenaeus also wrote the treatise on the Ogdoad, or the number eight.
1853 W. E. Tayler Hippolytus ii. iv. 97 Seven powers are supposed to have originated from the First Cause of all, which Heboomad formed with their author, the first ogdoad..or root of all existence.
1889 F. W. Farrar Lives Fathers I. iii. 112 (note) All things sprang from ‘depth’ (‘Bythos’, the unutterable) and silence (‘Sige’), the immediate parents of ‘Mind’ and ‘Truth’, the ‘Word’ and ‘Life’, ‘Man’, and the ‘Church’. These formed the Ogdoad and represent the Supreme Being absolutely and relatively.
1951 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 4 81 Three experiments were done, each with an ‘ogdoad’ (i.e. a set of eight) of unrelated rabbits. Each ogdoad was treated [etc.].
1979 Speculum 54 80 This makes an ogdoad, which, in the separation of pride from the other sins, and it's place at the end of the list, is reminiscent of the Cassianic tradition.
1993 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. c1/1 Queen Hatshepsut..erected a temple there dedicated to Ogdoad, four pairs of deities who in Egyptian mythology were responsible for the creation of all people.
2001 Spokesman Rev. (Spokane, Washington) (Nexis) 27 July (In Life section) d1 Seven more like her and we'd have an ogdoad of sea maids with a taste for seaman's flesh.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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