Κέρκωψ, ωπος, ὁ,
(κέρκος) man-monkey, name of a race of mischievous dwarfs connected by legend with Heracles, [[ 3rd c.BC(?): Diotimus Epigrammaticus cited in Suid. see at {Εὐρύβατο; ἕδραι Κερκώπων}, near Thermopylae, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.216; subject of poem ascribed to 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, knave, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.40, LXX.Pro.26.22, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.648; γόης τις ἢ Κ. λόγων “Comica Adespota” 1307; οἱ Κέρκωπες or Κερκώπων ἀγορά, at Athens, “Knavesmarket”, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 9.114, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1430.35. ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__II long-tailed ape, [[Manil. 4.668. ] Refs]