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1 Κέρκωπες
Grammatical information: m. pl.Meaning: `name of two mischievous dwarves', which were fettered by Heracles (Hdt.), metaph. in sing. `teaser, rogue' (Aeschin.); name of a long-tailed ape (Manil.).Derivatives: κερκωπία `trickiness' (Semon.), κερκωπίζω `tease, joke' (Zenob., H.). Also, with ā-stem-enlargement, κερκώπη τέττιξ θήλεια μη φωνοῦσα H. (cf. Prellwitz Glotta 16, 152)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Prop. `with tail-like figure', from κέρκος (s. v.) and - ωψ (Schwyzer 426 n. 4). Gil Emerita 25, 312 sees in κερκώπη `τέττιξ' a compound *κερκο-Ϝωπ-η `with shrill voice', which does not fit H.'s explanation (s. above). Rather - ωπ is the ending of several Pre-Greek names.Page in Frisk: 1,831Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > Κέρκωπες
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