πολύπους

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From πολυ- (polu-, many) +‎ πούς (poús, foot).

Adjective

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πολύπους (polúpousm or f (neuter πολύπουν); third declension

  1. many-footed

Descendants

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  • Latin: polypus

Noun

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πολύπους (polúpousm (genitive πολύποδος); third declension

  1. octopus, polypus
    • 1866, Aelian, edited by Rudolf Hercher, Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta[1], Lipsiae: B.G. Teubneri:
      δεινοὶ κατὰ κοιλίαν εἰσὶν οἱ πολύποδες
      deinoì katà koilían eisìn hoi polúpodes
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1997, Aelian, translated by Nigel G. Wilson, Historical Miscellany (Loeb Classical Library 486)‎[2], Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press:
      Δεινοὶ κατὰ κοιλίαν εἰσὶν οἱ πολύποδες
      Deinoì katà koilían eisìn hoi polúpodes
      Octopuses have remarkable stomachs

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Descendants

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