"Octopi" is surely the accepted form in English; did we but speak Latin, I could see my way clear to be corrected. Unlike Hebrew, which was successfully revivified in a parallel to that of Frankenstein's monster, Latin remains a corpse. (A well-known and -viewed one, but dead, without daily speakers to speak of.)
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"Octopi" is surely the accepted form in English; did we but speak Latin, I could see my way clear to be corrected. Unlike Hebrew, which was successfully revivified in a parallel to that of Frankenstein's monster, Latin remains a corpse. (A well-known and -viewed one, but dead, without daily speakers to speak of.)
Yep. Cranky, today, I am.