pulpus

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Latin

Etymology

With syncopation, from polypus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.pus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.pus/,

Noun

pulpus m (genitive pulpī); second declension

(Late Latin) octopus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pulpus	pulpī
genitive	pulpī	pulpōrum
dative	pulpō	pulpīs
accusative	pulpum	pulpōs
ablative	pulpō	pulpīs
vocative	pulpe	pulpī

Descendants

Italian: polpo
Ligurian: pórpo
Sicilian: purpu

References

pulpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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