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Κέρκωψ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κέρκωψ Κέρκωπος

Structure: Κερκωπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ke/rkos

Sense

the Cercopes, men-monkeys
a mischievous fellow, knave

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Κέρκωψ	Κέρκωπε	Κέρκωπες
Genitive	Κέρκωπος	Κερκώποιν	Κερκώπων
Dative	Κέρκωπι	Κερκώποιν	Κέρκωψιν*
Accusative	Κέρκωπα	Κέρκωπε	Κέρκωπας
Vocative	Κέρκωψ	Κέρκωπε	Κέρκωπες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

ἐχρῆτο δὲ αὐτοῖσ εἰσ τὸ χείριστον, καὶ ὄργανα ταῦτα γενναῖα ὑποβεβλημένα ἔχων αὐτίκα μάλα τῶν ἐπὶ κακίᾳ διαβοήτων ἀκρότατοσ ἀπετελέσθη, ὑπὲρ τοὺσ Κέρκωπασ, ὑπὲρ τὸν Εὐρύβατον ἢ Φρυνώνδαν ἢ Ἀριστόδημον ἢ Σώστρατον. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 4:3)
τὴν μὲν οὖν τιμὴν κομισθεῖσαν Εὔρυτοσ οὐ προσεδέξατο, Ἡρακλῆσ δὲ Ὀμφάλῃ δουλεύων τοὺσ μὲν περὶ τὴν Ἔφεσον Κέρκωπασ συλλαβὼν ἔδησε, Συλέα δὲ ἐν Αὐλίδι τοὺσ παριόντασ ξένουσ σκάπτειν ἀναγκάζοντα, σὺν ταῖσ ῥίζαισ τὰσ ἀμπέλουσ καύσασ μετὰ τῆσ θυγατρὸσ Ξενοδόκησ ἀπέκτεινε. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 6 3:3)
τοὺσ μὲν γὰρ ὀνομαζομένουσ Κέρκωπασ, λῃστεύοντασ καὶ πολλὰ κακὰ διεργαζομένουσ, οὓσ μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν, οὓσ δὲ ζωγρήσασ δεδεμένουσ παρέδωκε τῇ Ὀμφάλῃ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 31 7:1)
ἐβόων δ’ ἅπαντεσ, ὡσ ἀγαθὴν ἅλμην ποιεῖσ, ἤσθιον δὲ καὶ τέττιγασ καὶ κερκώπασ ἀναστομώσεωσ χάριν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 10 2:1)

Synonyms

a mischievous fellow
- ὁμομαστιγίης (a fellow-knave)

ἰαμβοποιός (a writer of iambics)
ἑπτάπορος (with seven paths)
Τιτανομαχίᾱ (a battle of Titans)
φιλομήλα (the nightingale)
ἡμεδαπός (of our land or country)
Ἀριστοφάνειος (of Aristophanes)
Ἑρμιονεύς (an inhabitant of Hermione)
πρώταρχος (first-beginning)
μουσοποιός (making poetry)
ἀκέστρια (a sempstress)
Αἰγυπτιστί (in the Egyptian tongue)
πολυίστωρ (very learned)
Βακίς ()
Παρθενοπαῖος (the maiden-hero or son of the maiden)
ἀνδροδάμας (man-taming)
Μαῖρα (the sparkler)
ἔλευσις (coming)
κήτειος (of sea monsters)
ἴφιος (stout)
οἰκήτωρ (an inhabitant)
ἀλέξω (I keep off)
ἀμύντωρ (a defender)
πολύμνηστος (much-remembering)
θέσπις (having words from God)
Σίβυλλα (a Sibyl)
Σινωπεύς (an inhabitant of Sinope or Sinop)
Κέκροψ (Cecropian)
Ἐφύρα (Ephyra)
τρίφυλος (of three tribes)
Λυκάων (an inhabitant of Lycaonia)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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Κέρκωψ

Sense

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a mischievous fellow

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Κέρκωψ

Sense

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a mischievous fellow

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