A.“πουλύπους” S.Fr.307, Ar.Fr.318, Eup.110, etc.; gen. “πουλύποδος” Od.5.432, Pl.Com.173.16, Eub.101; acc. πουλύπουν Ion Trag.36, Ar.Fr.190, Hegem.1, Alex.170, etc.: pl., nom. “πουλύποδες” h.Ap.77, Hp.Vict.2.48, Diocl.Fr.132; acc. “-ποδας” Pherecr.13, Pl.Com.93; gen. “πουλυπόδων” Anaxandr.41.29 (anap.); later, acc.sg. “πολύποδα” Luc.Vit.Auct.10, “πολύπουν” Id.DMar.4.2: pl. πολύποδες, etc., Arist.HA541b1, al.; acc. πολύπους ib.534a25, Dsc.1.74 (in signf. 111): —in Poets freq. declined as if from πούλυπος , gen. “πουλύπου” Thgn. 215, Ar.Fr.191: pl., gen. “πουλύπων” Amips.6; acc. “πουλύπους” Ar.Fr. 189: Dor. pl. nom. πώλυποι Epich.61; acc. “πωλύπους” Id.124: also nom. sg. πώλυπος Hp.Aff.5 (v.l.); πῶλυψ Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.356e, (in signf. 111) Poll.4.204: acc. pl. “πώλυπας” Dsc.2.166; also acc. pl. πόλυπας and acc. and gen. sg. πόλυπα, πόλυπος, Paul.Aeg.6.25:— the common poulp or octopus, Od.l.c., Thgn. l.c., Arist.HA524a3, etc.
II. of insects, Id.PA682a36, al.; esp. of the myriapods, Id.HA531b29,al.
III. polypus or morbid excrescence in the nose, Hp. Aff.5, Thphr.HP9.13.6, Gal.7.106, Poll.l.c.