πολύπους: Difference between revisions

|Beta Code=polu/pous

|Definition=(A), ὁ, ἡ, neut. <b class="b3">πουν;</b> acc. masc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πολύποδα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1281b6</span>: neut. pl. πολύποδα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span>981d</span>:—<b class="b2">many-footed</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>92a</span>, Dsc.2.35; Ἐρινύς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>488</span> (lyr.); οὕτω τι πολύπουν ἐστὶν ἡ λύπη κακόν <span class="bibl">Posidipp.19</span> (dub.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., <b class="b2">trodden by many feet</b>, <b class="b3">χῶρος</b> Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Polyaen.6.53</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">πολύπους</span> (B) (first in Arist.), later Gr. for πουλύ-, ποδος<b class="b3">, ὁ</b>:— Declension: nom. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πουλύπους <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>307</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>318</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.110</span>, etc.; gen. πουλύποδος <span class="bibl">Od.5.432</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.173.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Eub.101</span>; acc. <b class="b3">πουλύπουν</b> Ion Trag.<span class="bibl">36</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>190</span>, <span class="bibl">Hegem.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.170</span>, etc.: pl., nom. πουλύποδες <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>77</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.132</span>; acc. -ποδας <span class="bibl">Pherecr.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.93</span>; gen. πουλυπόδων <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.41.29</span> (anap.); later, acc.sg. πολύποδα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Vit.Auct.</span>10</span>, πολύπουν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">DMar.</span>4.2</span>: pl. <b class="b3">πολύποδες</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>541b1</span>, al.; acc. <b class="b3">πολύπους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">534a25</span>, Dsc.1.74 (in signf. 111): —in Poets freq. declined as if from πούλυπος, gen. πουλύπου <span class="bibl">Thgn. 215</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>191</span>: pl., gen. πουλύπων <span class="bibl">Amips.6</span>; acc. πουλύπους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 189</span>: Dor. pl. nom. πώλυποι <span class="bibl">Epich.61</span>; acc. πωλύπους <span class="bibl">Id.124</span>: also nom. sg. πώλυπος <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aff.</span>5</span> (v.l.); πῶλυψ Diph.Siph. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.8.356e</span>, (in signf. <span class="bibl">111</span>) <span class="bibl">Poll.4.204</span>: acc. pl. πώλυπας Dsc.2.166; also acc. pl. πόλυπας and acc. and gen. sg. <b class="b3">πόλυπα, πόλυπος</b>, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.25</span>:— the common <b class="b2">poulp</b> or <b class="b2">octopus</b>, Od.l.c., Thgn. l.c., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>524a3</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of insects, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>682a36</span>, al.; esp. of the myriapods, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>531b29</span>,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">polypus</b> or <b class="b2">morbid excrescence in the nose</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Aff.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.13.6</span>, Gal.7.106, Poll.l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">π. βοτάνη</b>, = [[πολυπόδιον]], <span class="title">Gp.</span>15.1.14.</span>

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