"οκτάπους" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /oˈkta.pus/ Forms: oktápous [romanization], οκτάποδες [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|el|grc|ὀκτάπους}} Ancient Greek ὀκτάπους (oktápous) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|οκτάποδες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} οκτάπους • (oktápous) m (plural οκτάποδες), {{el-noun|m|οκτάποδες}} οκτάπους • (oktápous) m (plural οκτάποδες)
  1. (archaic) dated form of χταπόδι (chtapódi, “octopus”) literally: "with eight feet" Tags: alt-of, archaic, dated Alternative form of: χταπόδι (extra: (chtapódi, “octopus”) literally: "with eight feet") Related terms: άπους (ápous) (english: without feet) Related terms (and see): οκτώ & πους (pous) (english: eight) [masculine], πόδας (pódas)
    Sense id: en-οκτάπους-el-noun-pSd0lAc6 Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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