οκτάπους

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ὀκτάπους (oktápous) (adjective, also substantivised), from ὀκτα- (okta-, eight-), ὀκτώ (oktṓ), modern spelling οκτώ (októ, eight) and πούς m (poús, foot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈkta.pus/
  • Hyphenation: ο‧κτά‧πους

Noun

οκτάπους • (oktápousm (plural οκτάποδες)

  1. (archaic) dated form of χταπόδι (chtapódi, octopus) literally: "with eight feet"
    older spelling: ὀκτάπους (oktápous)

Declension

Inflectional forms from the declension of the ancient ὀκτάπους (oktápous), genitive ὀκτάποδος (oktápodos), according to the inflection of the second combining form, πούς (poús).

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