"Octopus" is from the Greek. "Octopi" would be the plural if it were Latin. The correct Greek pluralization would be "octopodes" (oct-TUP-oh-deez). However, as one lexicographer put it "the only time ...
The correct standard English plural of octopus is not octopi but octopuses. This is important because, at Bar Brava, a new tapas spot in Newburgh, it might be advisable for mollusk lovers to order not ...