minus-squareR. Bridger@lemmygrad.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyz•🐙 octopodes 🐙linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoTo be pedantic, octopi comes from the misconception that octopus is a second-declension noun in Latin when it’s actually a third-declension noun. If you were writing Latin, you’d still want octopodes linkfedilink
minus-squareR. Bridger@lemmygrad.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyz•It's Wednesday, my dudes.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agofrog and cranberries it must be fall linkfedilink
To be pedantic, octopi comes from the misconception that octopus is a second-declension noun in Latin when it’s actually a third-declension noun. If you were writing Latin, you’d still want octopodes