Cēcrops, opis, m., = Κέκροψ, the most ancient king of Attica, who went there from the Egyptian Sais, and was founder of the citadel of Athens (which is hence called Cecropia; v. infra), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the fable, half man and half serpent; hence, geminus, Ov. M. 2, 555.

— Hence, Cēcropius, a, um, adj. Of or pertaining to Cecrops, Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcropia, ae, f., the citadel of Athens, built by Cecrops, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194: arx, Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.

—Hence, meton. for Athens, Cat. 64, 79.

—Far more freq., Pertaining to Athens or Attica, Athenian, Attic: fines, the Attic territory, Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.: coloni, Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29: Eumolpus (born at Athens), Ov. M. 11, 93: thymus, Verg. G. 4, 270: apes, id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14: mel, id. 13, 24: cothurnus, tragedy, which was native to Athens, Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs opprobrium (on account of Procne, the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion; cf. Atthis), id. ib. 4, 12, 6: fides, i. e. the fidelity of the friends Theseus and Pirithous, Stat. S. 2, 6, 55: dote madent pectora, full of Athenian wisdom, Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.

— Cēcropides, ae, m., a male descendant of Cecrops; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. Theseus), Ov. M. 8, 550.

—Appel. for one of noble descent, Juv. 8, 46 sq.

—Plur.: Cē-cropidae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.

— Cēcropis, idis (dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropi, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a female descendant of Cecrops; so his daughter Aglauros, Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.

—Adj.: ales, i. e. Procne, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32: virgines, Lact. 1, 17, 14.

—In plur., Procne and Philomele, daughters of Pandion, Ov. M. 6, 667.

—Also, An Athenian woman, Juv. 6, 187; and adj. for Attic, of Attica: terra, Ov. H. 10, 100.