- πώλυπος
- πώλυπος (-ύπος)Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `sea-polyp, cuttlefish', metaph. `nose-polyp' (Hp., Thphr. a.o.); also (substant.) adj. τὰ πολύποδα `many-feet', of insects (Arist.).Other forms: pl. -οι (Semon., Epich., Hp. [v. l.]), also πῶλυψ, -υπος (Diph. Siphn., Dsc., Poll.), πόλυψ, -υπος (Paul. Aeg.); more usu. πουλύπους, -ποδος (ε 432), acc. -πουν (Ion. trag. a.o.), also gen. -που etc. (Thgn. a.o.), πολύπους, -ποδος (Arist.).Dialectal forms: Myc. porupode.Derivatives: Dimin. πωλύπιον n. (Hp.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Mediterranean word of unknown origin. The form with ω, confirmed by Lat. LW [loanword] pōlypus, -i (since Plaut.), is clearly the oldest; from there πουλυ- and πολυ- folketymolog. after πολύς and πούς. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 164 n. 1 (w. older lit.), Specht KZ 59, 129. Note however that the inflexion with ποδ- is already attested in Mycenaean and in Homer. (Not in Furnée.)Page in Frisk: 2,635
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