Κέρκωψ,ωπος,ὁ, (κέρκος)
A. man-monkey, name of a race of mischievous dwarfs connected by legend with Heracles, Diotim. ap. Suid. s.v. Εὐρύβατος; ἕδραι Κερκώπων , near Thermopylae, Hdt. 7.216 ; subject of poem ascribed to Hom. , Harp. , Suid.
2. metaph.,knave, Aeschin. 2.40 , LXX Pr. 26.22 , Gal. 14.648 ; γόης τις ἢ Κ. λόγων
Com.Adesp. 1307
;οἱ ΚέρκωπεςorΚερκώπων ἀγορά, at Athens,Knavesmarket, D.L. 9.114 , Eust. 1430.35 .
II. long-tailed ape, Manil. 4.668 .