Κέκροψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οπος, ὁ, <span class="title">Cecrops</span> mythical king of Athens, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.44</span>; represented with a serpent's tail, and hence called [[διφυής]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span> 436</span>; with the tail of a [[θυννίς]], <span class="bibl">Eup.156</span>: pl., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[Κεκροπίδαι]], <span class="title">IG</span>3.1335. ([[Κέκροψ]] a barbarian name acc. to <span class="bibl">Hecat. 119</span> J.) </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adj. Κεκρόπιος, α, ον, [[Cecropian]], [[Athenian]], [[πέτρα]] K. [[the Acropolis]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>936</span> (also simply <b class="b3">Κεκροπία, ἡ</b>, used for <span class="title">Athens</span> itself, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>658</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>1289</span>); K. [[χθών]] <span class="title">Attica</span>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>34</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">Κεκρόπιοι, οἱ</b>, [[the Athenians]], APl.4.295: Κεκροπία, ἡ, village-community in Early Attica, <span class="bibl">Str.9.1.20</span>: Κεκρόπιον, τό, [[shrine of Cecrops]], IG12.372.63:—also κεκρ-ικός, ib. 374.144. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> fem. Κεκροπίς, ίδος, φυλή <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1407</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.302.59, etc.; K. αἶα <span class="title">AP</span>7.81 (Antip. Sid.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Κεκροπίδαι, οἱ, [[descendants of Cecrops]], [[Athenians]], Hdt. l.c., etc.: in sg., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1055</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Adv. Κεκροπίᾱθεν, Ep. Κεκροπί-ηθεν, [[from Athens]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>227</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.95</span>.</span>