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pō^lypŭs , i, m. (
I.fem., Lucil. ap. Non. 220, 4), = πολύπους (many-footed; Dor. and Æol. πωλύπος), a polypus.
I. An aquatic animal, sea-polypus: “Sepia octopodia, Linn.: piscis polypus,” Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 71; Plin. 9, 12, 14, § 40; 9, 19, 35, § 71 al. (Jahn, polybi); Lucil. l. l.; Enn. ap. App. Mag. 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.—
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).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.366
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.2
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.40
    • Plautus, Rudens, 4.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.40
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.71
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 6.7
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 6.8
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