ὀκτώπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀκτώ (eight) and πούς (leg).

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: /ōktɔ̄ː́pōː̄s/

• (Koine): IPA: /októːpuːs/

• (Byzantine): IPA: /oxtópus/

Noun

ὀκτώπους (genitive ὀκτώποδος) m, third declension; (oktōpous)

1. octopus

Inflection

Third declension of ὀκτώπους, ὀκτώποδος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀκτώπους	τώ ὀκτώποδε	οἱ ὀκτώποδες
Genitive	τοῦ ὀκτώποδος	τοῖν ὀκτωπόδοιν	τῶν ὀκτωπόδων
Dative	τῷ ὀκτώποδῐ	τοῖν ὀκτωπόδοιν	τοῖς ὀκτώποσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τόν ὀκτώποδᾰ	τώ ὀκτώποδε	τούς ὀκτώποδᾰς
Vocative	ὀκτώπους	ὀκτώποδε	ὀκτώποδες

Descendants

Many words for "octopus" in other languages are instead either calques of "eight-foot" or from Latin polypus or from Germanic Kraken. Some languages have more than one word for octopus from these sources, or from other sources altogether. Some of the languages that do have a word for "octopus" ultimately from this Ancient Greek source may also have a more primary term from another source.

• Arabic: أخطبوط (ʼuḫṭubūṭ)
• Bulgarian: октоподи (oktopodi)
• Czech: oktopoda
• Dutch: octopus
• English: octopus
• Greek: χταπόδι (chtapodi)
  • plural: χταπόδια (chtapodia)
• Kurdish: ahtepot
• Latin: octopus (plural octopodes)
• Persian: اختاپوس
• Serbian: октопод (oktopod)
• Spanish: octopoda
• Turkish: ahtapot