different between polypus vs polypous

English

Etymology

From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (polúpous). Doublet of polyp.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?l?p?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?l?p?s/
• Hyphenation: pol?y?pus

Noun

polypus (plural polypi or polypuses)

1. (hematology, pathology) A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem.
   • 1898, Werner's magazine (volume 20)

     The nasal passages should be carefully examined for symptoms of stegnosis, enlargement of the turbinated bones, polypi, etc.

2. (archaic) An octopus.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (polúpous) (or from Doric Ancient Greek ??????? (p?lupos) for the variant with long ?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?po.ly.pus/, [?p?l?p?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?po.li.pus/, [?p??lipus]

or

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?po?.ly.pus/, [?po?l?p?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?po.li.pus/, [?p??lipus]

Noun

p??lypus m (genitive p??lyp?); second declension

1. octopus
2. cuttlefish
3. nasal tumor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Or, alternatively, with a long ?:Second-declension noun.

Usage notes

• A variant with long ? is found occasionally in Ovid and Horace, perhaps to make the meter scan more easily; this variant has its origin in the Doric Greek form of the noun.

Descendants

References

• polypus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polypus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• polypus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• polypus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

polyp +? -ous

Adjective

polypous (comparative more polypous, superlative most polypous)

1. Relating to, resembling, or characterized by the presence of a polyp.

Related terms

• polypoid