top | item 37356581 (no title) suzakus | 2 years ago Yes, octopi is wrong in latin. Octopus is conjugated as Octopodi in the plural. See: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/octopus#Latin discuss order hn newest fishtockos|2 years ago See my sibling comment - where does the insistence that octopus is third declension come from? The reality is that while most Greek loanwords are third declension, many are not, and Latin authors tended to not be consistent. remarkEon|2 years ago Totally, it would still be wrong for the reason you cited.Wasn't my point, however. I'm really just being stubborn on the plural actually being Octopodes :)
fishtockos|2 years ago See my sibling comment - where does the insistence that octopus is third declension come from? The reality is that while most Greek loanwords are third declension, many are not, and Latin authors tended to not be consistent.
remarkEon|2 years ago Totally, it would still be wrong for the reason you cited.Wasn't my point, however. I'm really just being stubborn on the plural actually being Octopodes :)
fishtockos|2 years ago
remarkEon|2 years ago
Wasn't my point, however. I'm really just being stubborn on the plural actually being Octopodes :)