Κέκροψ
Αὐθαίρετος λύπη ‘στὶν ἡ τέκνων σπορά → Spontalis est miseria satio liberûm → Die Kinderzeugung ist ein selbstgewähltes Leid
English (LSJ)
οπος, ὁ, Cecrops mythical king of Athens, Hdt.8.44; represented with a serpent's tail, and hence called διφυής, Sch.Ar.V. 436; with the tail of a θυννίς, Eup.156: pl.,
A = Κεκροπίδαι, IG3.1335. (Κέκροψ a barbarian name acc. to Hecat. 119 J.) II Adj. Κεκρόπιος, α, ον, Cecropian, Athenian, πέτρα K. the Acropolis, E.Ion936 (also simply Κεκροπία, ἡ, used for Athens itself, Supp.658, El.1289); K. χθών Attica, Id.Hipp.34, etc.; Κεκρόπιοι, οἱ, the Athenians, APl.4.295: Κεκροπία, ἡ, village-community in Early Attica, Str.9.1.20: Κεκρόπιον, τό, shrine of Cecrops, IG12.372.63:—also κεκρ-ικός, ib. 374.144. 2 fem. Κεκροπίς, ίδος, φυλή Ar.Av.1407, IG12.302.59, etc.; K. αἶα AP7.81 (Antip. Sid.). 3 Κεκροπίδαι, οἱ, descendants of Cecrops, Athenians, Hdt. l.c., etc.: in sg., Ar.Eq.1055. 4 Adv. Κεκροπίᾱθεν, Ep. Κεκροπί-ηθεν, from Athens, Call.Dian.227, A.R.1.95.
