Lewis & Short

2. Pĭthēcĭum, ii, f., the name of an attendant, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 24 Speng.‡ † pithēcus, i, m., = πιθηκος, an ape: pithecus, cercopithecus, cercops, Not. Tir. p. 176.