polypus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →polypus, polypi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
octopus, cuttle-fish; nasal tumor; (modern) growth in the colon/uterus;
nom. sg.
Examples
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...hederae longos intexere truncos, utque sub aequoribus deprensum polypus hostem continet ex omni dimissis parte flagellis. perstat Atlantiades..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...vitia aut etiam ipsa haec delectant, veluti Balbinum polypus Hagnae. vellem in amicitia sic erraremus et isti errori..."