Κέκροψ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
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.
