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πίθηκος (pithēkos) ape ^G:N-M

πίθηκος [ῐ],

Doric dialect πίθᾱκος, ὁ, ape, monkey, [πίθηκος μήτηρ 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 56 ">Refs 7th c.BC+]; πίθηκον ἐνδυομένην putting on an ape's form, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare πιθήκη.

__2 nickname for a trickster, jackanapes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτοτραγικὸς π., of Aeschines, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 proverbial, ἀντὶ λέοντος π. γίγνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐν πορφύρᾳ 'borrowed plumes', [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι π. 'in Rome we do as the Romans do', [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄνος ἐν πιθήκοις 'parmi les aveugles le borgne est roi', [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 dwarf, [Refs]
__II a ζῷον σελαχῶδες, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]