πίθηκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], Dor. [[πίθακος]], ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ape]], [[monkey]], <span class="bibl">Archil.89.3</span>,<span class="bibl">91</span>, S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span> 122, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>120</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>502a17</span> : as fem., πίθηκος μήτηρ <span class="bibl">Babr.56</span>; [[πίθηκον ἐνδυομένην]] = [[put]]ting on an [[ape]]'s [[form]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>620c</span>; cf. [[πιθήκη]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[nickname]] for a [[trickster]], [[jackanapes]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>907</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>440</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>708</span>, etc. ; [[αὐτοτραγικὸς πίθηκος]] = [[a very ape of tragedy]] (of [[Aeschines]]), <span class="bibl">D.18.242</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[proverb|prov.]], ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον [[γίγνεσθαι]] = become a [[monkey]] instead of a [[lion]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>590b</span>; ὑπὸ τῇ λεοντῇ πίθηκον περιστέλλειν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Philops.</span>5</span>; [[πίθηκος ἐν πορφύρᾳ]] '[[borrowed plumes]]', <span class="bibl">Diogenian.7.94</span>; [[ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι πίθηκον]] = [[in Rome we do as the Romans do]], [[when in Rome, do as the Romans do]], [[when in Rome, do as the Romans]], [[when in Rome, do like the Romans do]], [[when in Rome]], <span class="bibl">Apollod.Com.1.3</span> ; [[ὄνος ἐν πιθήκοις]] = [[in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king]], [[in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king]], [[in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king]], <span class="bibl">Men.402.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[dwarf]], Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a [[ζῷον]] [[σελαχῶδες]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>12.27</span>.</span>