Octopodes continue to surprise us! My most recent surprise—since I'd already heard about their curiosity and problem solving—is that the plural of octopus is octopodes rather than octopi.

For some of us octopi seems comfortable because many English words that come from Latin nouns of the second declension end in 'us' and form plurals this way.

But the root of octopus is actually from the Ancient Greek language, not Latin. Therefore if you want to be true to the etymological roots the Greek-based plural is octopodes. Although some speakers advocate for following the more general rule for English plurals regardless of origin...octopuses.

I wonder if the octopodes could figure all that out.

Thanks for a fun post.

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