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polypus

polypus, a polypus, sea polypus

pō̆lypŭs, i, m. (fem., Lucil. ap. Non. 220, 4), = πολύπους (many-footed; Dor. and Aeol. πωλύπος), a polypus.
  • I An aquatic animal, sea-polypus: Sepia octopodia, Linn.: piscis polypus, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 71 (1008); Plin. 9, 12, 14, § 40; 9, 19, 35, § 71 al. (Jahn, polybi); Lucil. l. l.; Enn. ap. Ap. Apol. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 10 Vahl.); Ov. M. 4, 366; id. Hal. 31 (with the o long).—Transf., of rapacious men, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 21 (198).—
  • II A polypus in the nose, Cels. 6, 8, 2; 6, 7, 10; Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 146; Hor. S. 1, 3, 40; id. Epod. 12, 5 (with the o long).

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