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ὀκτώπους

Third declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀκτώπους ὀκτώποδος

Structure: ὀκτωποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. octopus

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

  • δεῖ ἄρα τὴν τοῦ ὀκτώποδοσ χωρίου γραμμὴν μείζω μὲν εἶναι τῆσδε τῆσ δίποδοσ, ἐλάττω δὲ τῆσ τετράποδοσ. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 83:8)
  • ὅτι τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ᾔδει μὲν οὔ, ἥτισ ἐστὶν ἡ τοῦ ὀκτώποδοσ χωρίου γραμμή, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ νῦν πω οἶδεν, ἀλλ’ οὖν ᾤετό γ’ αὐτὴν τότε εἰδέναι, καὶ θαρραλέωσ ἀπεκρίνετο ὡσ εἰδώσ, καὶ οὐχ ἡγεῖτο ἀπορεῖν· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 86:3)

Synonyms

  1. octopus

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