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|lshtext=<b>Cēcrops</b>: ŏpis, m., = [[Κέκροψ]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[most]] [[ancient]] [[king]] of [[Attica]], [[who]] went [[there]] from the Egyptian [[Sais]], and [[was]] [[founder]] of the [[citadel]] of [[Athens]] ([[which]] is [[hence]] called Cecropia;<br /> v. [[infra]]), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the [[fable]], [[half]] [[man]] and [[half]] [[serpent]]; [[hence]], [[geminus]], Ov. M. 2, 555.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Cēcrŏpĭus, a, um, adj.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or pertaining to [[Cecrops]], Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcrŏpĭa, ae, f., the [[citadel]] of [[Athens]], built by [[Cecrops]], Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194: arx, Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.—Hence, meton. for [[Athens]], Cat. 64, 79.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pertaining to [[Athens]] or [[Attica]], Athenian, Attic: fines, the Attic [[territory]], Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.: coloni, Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29: [[Eumolpus]] ([[born]] at [[Athens]]), Ov. M. 11, 93: thymus, Verg. G. 4, 270: apes, id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14: mel, id. 13, 24: [[cothurnus]], [[tragedy]], [[which]] [[was]] [[native]] to [[Athens]], Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs [[opprobrium]] (on [[account]] of [[Procne]], the [[daughter]] of the Athenian [[king]] [[Pandion]]; cf. [[Atthis]]), id. ib. 4, 12, 6: [[fides]], i. e. the [[fidelity]] of the friends [[Theseus]] and [[Pirithous]], Stat. S. 2, 6, 55: [[dote]] madent pectora, [[full]] of Athenian [[wisdom]], Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Cēcrŏpĭdes, ae, m., a [[male]] [[descendant]] of [[Cecrops]]; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. [[Theseus]]), Ov. M. 8, 550.—Appel. for one of [[noble]] [[descent]], Juv. 8, 46 sq.—Plur.: Cē-crŏpĭdae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Cēcrŏpĭs, ĭdis (dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropĭ, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a [[female]] [[descendant]] of [[Cecrops]]; so his [[daughter]] [[Aglauros]], Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.—Adj.: [[ales]], i. e. [[Procne]], Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32: virgines, Lact. 1, 17, 14.—In plur., [[Procne]] and Philomele, daughters of [[Pandion]], Ov. M. 6, 667.—Also,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Athenian [[woman]], Juv. 6, 187; and adj. for Attic, of [[Attica]]: [[terra]], Ov. H. 10, 100.

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