οκτάπους
See also: ὀκτάπους
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)
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).
Related terms
Further reading
- Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “οκτάπους”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
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