polypus
English
Etymology
From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of polyp.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pol‧y‧pus
Noun
polypus (plural polypi or polypuses)
- (hematology, pathology) A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem.
- 1898, Werner's magazine (volume 20)
- The nasal passages should be carefully examined for symptoms of stegnosis, enlargement of the turbinated bones, polypi, etc.
- 1898, Werner's magazine (volume 20)
- (archaic) An octopus.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous) (or from Doric Ancient Greek πώλυπος (pṓlupos) for the variant with long ō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ly.pus/, [ˈpɔlʲʏpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.li.pus/, [ˈpɔːlipus]
or
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpoː.ly.pus/, [ˈpoːlʲʏpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.li.pus/, [ˈpɔːlipus]
Noun
pō̆lypus m (genitive pō̆lypī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pō̆lypus | pō̆lypī |
Genitive | pō̆lypī | pō̆lypōrum |
Dative | pō̆lypō | pō̆lypīs |
Accusative | pō̆lypum | pō̆lypōs |
Ablative | pō̆lypō | pō̆lypīs |
Vocative | pō̆lype | pō̆lypī |
Usage notes
- A variant with long ō is found occasionally in Ovid and Horace, perhaps to make the meter scan more easily; this variant has its origin in the Doric Greek form of the noun.
Descendants
- Asturian: pulpu
- Catalan: pop, → pòlip
- → English: polypus, polyp
- French: pieuvre, poulpe, → polype
- Galician: polbo, → pólipo
References
- “polypus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “polypus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- polypus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- polypus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- en:Hematology
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- en:Octopuses
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- la:Octopuses
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