The plural for octopus is not octopi, but octopuses [0].
I am telling you not to be pedantic, but because I would appreciate to be corrected. Hope you feel the same. :)
[0]: https://qz.com/1446229/let-us-finally-resolve-the-octopuses-....
I am telling you not to be pedantic, but because I would appreciate to be corrected. Hope you feel the same. :)
[0]: https://qz.com/1446229/let-us-finally-resolve-the-octopuses-....
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-many-plura...
Octopi, octopuses, and octipodes have all been used. I personally think octopi rolls more smoothly off the tongue than either of the other two, so that's what I tend to use.
I find the arguments regarding Greek or Latin purity to be unconvincing- we are speaking neither language. We're speaking English, which is a head-on collision between the two, with Germanic trappings gluing it all together. I happily mix and mash whatever prefix, root, infix or suffix I like. If others like it and use it, success! Whether a theoretical Roman from centuries past would agree does not enter the calculation.
You could say this about any language and of course, it still holds true.