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ὀκτά-πους

oktapous · ὁ

eight-footed

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What it meant

ὀκτά-πους · okta-pous — LSJ

eight-footed

eight-footed, καρκίνοι Batr. 298 ; πάγουρος AP 6.196 (Stat.Flacc.).

II Octopus vulgaris

Subst., ὀκτάπους, ὁ, Octopus vulgaris, Alex.Trall. 7.1.

2

Scythian name for one who possessed two oxen and a cart, Luc. Scyth. 1.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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