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ὀκτάπους

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀκτάπους ὀκτάποδος

Structure: ὀκταποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris
  2. (Scythian) a person who possessed two oxen and a cart

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Οὐ πρῶτοσ Ἀνάχαρσισ ἀφίκετο ἐκ Σκυθίασ Ἀθήναζε παιδείασ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῆσ Ἑλληνικῆσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ Τόξαρισ πρὸ αὐτοῦ, σοφὸσ μὲν καὶ φιλόκαλοσ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἐπιτηδευμάτων φιλομαθὴσ τῶν ἀρίστων, οἴκοι δὲ οὐ τοῦ βασιλείου γένουσ ὢν οὐδὲ τῶν πιλοφορικῶν, ἀλλὰ Σκυθῶν τῶν πολλῶν καὶ δημοτικῶν, οἱοῖ́ εἰσι παῤ αὐτοῖσ οἱ ὀκτάποδεσ καλούμενοι, τοῦτο δέ ἐστι, δύο βοῶν δεσπότην εἶναι καὶ ἁμάξησ μιᾶσ. (Lucian, Scytha 1:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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