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1 κέπφος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `name of an unknown water-bird, mostly, but without sufficient ground, identified with the stormy petrel, Thalassidroma pelagica (Arist., Thphr., Lyc., Nic.); also metaph. of a simple man, which can be easily deceived (Ar., Call.).Derivatives: κεπφόομαι `be easily deceived, be simple' (LXX, Cic.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The word has perhaps an expressive-popular gemination, but is further unknown. A by-form is κεμπός κοῦφος, ἐλαφρὸς ἄνθρωπος H. (Grošelj Živa Ant. 7, 43; cf. the description of the κέπφος in H.: εἶδος ὀρνέου κουφοτάτου κτλ.). - Solmsen IF 30, 7 n. 1 compared Lat. hebes, but the birds name is no coubt primary. On the facts Thompson Birds s. v. - The prenasalized form shows that the word is Pre-Greek. Cf. on κάμπος.Page in Frisk: 1,821-822Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κέπφος
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