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|elnltext=κέπφος -ου, ὁ (vogel) stormvogel. | |elnltext=κέπφος -ου, ὁ (vogel) stormvogel. | ||
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">name of an unknown water-bird, mostly, but without sufficient ground, identified with the stormy petrel, Thalassidroma pelagica (Arist., Thphr., Lyc., Nic.); also metaph. of a simple man, which can be easily deceived</b> (Ar., Call.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κεπφόομαι</b> <b class="b2">be easily deceived, be simple</b> (LXX, Cic.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The word has perhaps an expressive-popular gemination, but is further unknown. A by-form is <b class="b3">κεμπός κοῦφος</b>, <b class="b3">ἐλαφρὸς ἄνθρωπος</b> H. (Grošelj Živa Ant. 7, 43; cf. the description of the <b class="b3">κέπφος</b> in H. : <b class="b3">εἶδος ὀρνέου κουφοτάτου κτλ</b>.). - Solmsen IF 30, 7 n. 1 compared Lat. [[hebes]], but the birds name is no coubt primary. On the facts Thompson Birds s. v. - The prenasalized form shows that the word is Pre-Greek. Cf. on <b class="b3">κάμπος</b>. | |||
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