ὀκτάπους

See also: οκτάπους

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-, “eight”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ὀκτᾰ́πους • (oktắpous) 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.
    • Palatine Anthology 6.196

Inflection

Third declension of ὀκτᾰ́πους; ὀκτᾰ́πουν (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative ὀκτᾰ́πους
oktắpous 		ὀκτᾰ́πουν
oktắpoun 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδε
oktắpode 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδε
oktắpode 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδες
oktắpodes 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδᾰ
oktắpodă
Genitive ὀκτᾰ́ποδος
oktắpodos 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδος
oktắpodos 		ὀκτᾰπόδοιν
oktăpódoin 		ὀκτᾰπόδοιν
oktăpódoin 		ὀκτᾰπόδων
oktăpódōn 		ὀκτᾰπόδων
oktăpódōn
Dative ὀκτᾰ́ποδῐ
oktắpodĭ 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδῐ
oktắpodĭ 		ὀκτᾰπόδοιν
oktăpódoin 		ὀκτᾰπόδοιν
oktăpódoin 		ὀκτᾰ́ποσῐ / ὀκτᾰ́ποσῐν
oktắposĭ(n) 		ὀκτᾰ́ποσῐ / ὀκτᾰ́ποσῐν
oktắposĭ(n)
Accusative ὀκτᾰ́ποδᾰ
oktắpodă 		ὀκτᾰ́πουν
oktắpoun 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδε
oktắpode 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδε
oktắpode 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδᾰς
oktắpodăs 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδᾰ
oktắpodă
Vocative ὀκτᾰ́πους
oktắpous 		ὀκτᾰ́πουν
oktắpoun 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδε
oktắpode 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδε
oktắpode 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδες
oktắpodes 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδᾰ
oktắpodă
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
ὀκτᾰπόδως
oktăpódōs 		— —
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ὀκτᾰ́πους • (oktắpous) 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

Third declension of ὁ ὀκτᾰ́πους; τοῦ ὀκτᾰ́ποδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὀκτᾰ́πους
ho oktắpous 		τὼ ὀκτᾰ́ποδε
tṑ oktắpode 		οἱ ὀκτᾰ́ποδες
hoi oktắpodes
Genitive τοῦ ὀκτᾰ́ποδος
toû oktắpodos 		τοῖν ὀκτᾰπόδοιν
toîn oktăpódoin 		τῶν ὀκτᾰπόδων
tôn oktăpódōn
Dative τῷ ὀκτᾰ́ποδῐ
tōî oktắpodĭ 		τοῖν ὀκτᾰπόδοιν
toîn oktăpódoin 		τοῖς ὀκτᾰ́ποσῐ / ὀκτᾰ́ποσῐν
toîs oktắposĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ὀκτᾰ́ποδᾰ
tòn oktắpodă 		τὼ ὀκτᾰ́ποδε
tṑ oktắpode 		τοὺς ὀκτᾰ́ποδᾰς
toùs oktắpodăs
Vocative ὀκτᾰ́πους
oktắpous 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδε
oktắpode 		ὀκτᾰ́ποδες
oktắpodes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.
  • ὀκτᾰπόδης (oktăpódēs)

Descendants

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

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.