ὀκτάπους

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ὀκτᾰ- (okta-, eight) + πούς (poús, foot).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ὀκτᾰ́πους • (oktápous) m or f (neuter ὀκτᾰ́πουν); third declension

  1. eight-footed
    • Batrachomyomachia 298:
      ὀκτάποδες, δικάρηνοι, ἀχειρέες, οἱ δὲ καλεῦνται καρκίνοι
      oktápodes, dikárēnoi, akheirées, hoi dè kaleûntai karkínoi
      They had eight legs, two heads, and had no hands, and are called crabs.

Inflection

Noun

ὀκτᾰ́πους • (oktápous) m (genitive ὀκτᾰ́ποδος); ? declension

  1. the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris
  2. (Scythian) a person who possessed two oxen and a cart
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Scythian 1

Inflection

  • ὀκτᾰπόδης (oktapódēs)

Descendants

  • English: octopus
  • Greek: χταπόδι (chtapódi)
  • Translingual: Octopus

References

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