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LNS

Cercōpis, Cercōpis

cercops

Κέρκωπες

Mostly Plural

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

a cunning, trickish people on the island of Pithecusa, changed by Jupiter into monkeys

Abbreviations

cercōps, ōpis, m., = κέρκωψ. A species of long-tailed apes, Manil. 4, 664; cf. Amm. 22, 14, 3.

— The name of a Pythagorean philosopher, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107.

— Cercōpes, um, m., = Κέρκωπες, a cunning, trickish people on the island of Pithecusa, changed by Jupiter into monkeys, Ov. M. 14, 92.