Lewis & Short

† cercōps, ōpis, m., = κέρκωψ.

  1. I. A species of long-tailed apes, Manil. 4, 664; cf. Amm. 22, 14, 3.
  2. II. The name of a Pythagorean philosopher, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107.
  3. III. Cercōpes, um, m., = Κέρκωπες, a cunning, trickish people on the island of Pithecusa, changed by Jupiter into monkeys, Ov. M. 14, 92.