πολύπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Adjective

πολύπους • (polúpous)

many-footed

Descendants

→ Latin: polypus

References

“πολύπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πολύπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πολύπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“polyp”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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