πίθηκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], Dor. πίθᾱκος, ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>; <b class="b3">πίθηκον ἐνδυομένην</b> putting on [[an ape's form]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>620c</span>; cf. [[πιθήκη]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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. ; <b class="b3">αὐτοτραγικὸς π</b>., of Aeschines, <span class="bibl">D.18.242</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> prov., ἀντὶ λέοντος π. γίγνεσθαι <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>; <b class="b3">π. ἐν πορφύρᾳ</b> 'borrowed plumes', <span class="bibl">Diogenian.7.94</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι π</b>. 'in Rome we do as the Romans do', <span class="bibl">Apollod.Com.1.3</span> ; <b class="b3">ὄνος ἐν πιθήκοις</b> 'parmi les aveugles le borgne est roi', <span class="bibl">Men.402.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[dwarf]], Suid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a <b class="b3">ζῷον σελαχῶδες</b>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>12.27</span>.</span>