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κῆβος

kebos

monkey witha long tail

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What it meant

1. κῆβος · kēbos — Beekes

κῆβος [m.] ‘monkey witha long tail’ (Arist. Str., Gal.). eVAR Also κῆπος (Agatharch., v.l. in Str. 16, 4, 16, Ael., where also κεῖπος) and *«kn@oc because of Lat. cephus (Plin. Nat. 1, 18, 28 and 8, 70; cef(flus Sol. 30, 22); in Lat. also ceppus (Pol. Silv.), cae pus (v.1. Plin. Nat. 8, 70 = *kaitnoc?); cf. Fur: 176, 232, 235. 684 κῆδος *ETYM The Greek, but also the Latin variants (see Fur. l.cc.) point to a … — [Beekes, s.v. κῆβος, p. 730]

2. κῆβος · kēbos — Frisk

κῆβος (Arist., Str., Gal.), auch κῆπος (Agatharch,, Str. 16, 4, 16 v.]., Ael.) m. “langschwänziger Affe‘. — Als LW zu aind. kapi-, hebr.'göf, altägypt. gefi “Affe des Landes Punt’. Ursprung sonst unbekannt; nach dem Vokal zu schließen stammt κῆβος zunächst aus dem Ägyptischen. Anders Grimme Glotta 14, 16 (heth.-orieutal.). Lewy Fremdw. 6, Mayrhofer Wb. s. kapth m. weiterer Lit. — [Frisk, s.v. κῆβος, p. 868]

3. κῆβος · kēbos — Frisk

κῆβος. Zu den außergriech. Formen dieses Worts, dessen Urheimat sich nicht feststellen läßt, 5. E. Masson Recherches 87 A.5, Hemmerdinger Glotta 46 (1968) 244. — [Frisk, s.v. κῆβος, p. 2251]

4. κῆβος · kēbos — LSJ

nisnas monkey, Cercopithecus pyrrhonotus

a long-tailed monkey, perh. the nisnas monkey, Cercopithecus pyrrhonotus, Arist. HA 502a17, Gal. UP 11.2; κῆπος, Agatharch. 75, Str. 16.4.16 (as v.l.), Ael. NA 17.8.

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