πιθηκισμός
From LSJ
μὴ τὴν ὄψιν καλλωπίζου, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἴσθι καλός → Don't beautify your face, but be beautiful in your habits (Thales, in Diog. Laertius 1.37)
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A playing the ape, playing monkey-tricks, Ar.Eq.887, M.Ant.9.37.
German (Pape)
[Seite 613] ὁ, äffisches, affenhaftes Betragen, z. B. des Schmeichlers, Ar. Equ. 884 u. Sp., wie M. Ant. 9, 37, in B. A. 60 πανουργία erklärt.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πῐθηκισμός: ὁ, τὸ πιθηκίζεσθαι, μιμεῖσθαι τοὺς τρόπους τοῦ πιθήκου, ὡς ποιοῦσιν οἱ κόλακες, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 887, Μᾶρκ. Ἀντωνῖν. 9. 37.
