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πολύπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύπους

Structure: πολυποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. many-footed

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ τῶν μαλακίων γένοσ, οἱο͂ν πολυπόδων τε καὶ σηπιῶν καὶ τῶν τοιούτων, τὴν μὲν σάρκα δύσπεπτον ἔχει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 54 2:6)
  • εἴδη δ’ ἐστὶ πολυπόδων ἑλεδώνη, πολυποδίνη, βολβιτίνη, ὀσμύλοσ, ὡσ Ἀριστοτέλησ ἱστορεῖ καὶ Σπεύσιπποσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1071)

Synonyms

  1. many-footed

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