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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 • (oktápous) m (plural οκτάποδες)
- (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).
- άπους (ápous, “without feet”)
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