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Depends on the language. Current standardized American English overwhelmingly list adds -s/-es to make a plural noun. So “octopuses” would be technically correct with “octopodes” and “octopi” also accepted.

If you’re writing Latin, you’d want octopi instead. If you’re writing Greek: octopodes.

But English is a democratic language, so feel free to vote often and early on your preferred version.

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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
at this point i feel the only sensible answer is to use the most nonsensical form that still sounds normal

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Octothingies is my favorite

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RBridger@lemmygrad.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
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

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