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Κέκροψ

*kekrops

Athènes qui dans certaines traditions était mi-homme mi-serpent (ion.-att.); d

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Where it lives

Ion 6 · 6.56/10k
The Funeral Speech 51-61 1 · 3.98/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Panathenaicus 1 · 0.63/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Κέκροψ · Kekrops — Chantraine

Κέκροψ : nom mythique d’un roi d'Athènes qui dans certaines traditions était mi-homme mi-serpent (ion.-att.); d'où Κεκρόπιος, avec le f. -πίς «de Cécrops, attique »; Κεχροπία 1. « Athènes » (Strab.) avec Kexpoxinfev (Call. A.R.); Κεκροπίδαι « descendants de Cécrops, Athéniens » (Hdt., Call), Κεκρόπιον «sanctuaire de Cécrops» et Kexporixéc figurent dans les inscriptions attiques. — [Chantraine, s.v. Κέκροψ, p. 525]

2. Κέκροψ · Kekrops — Frisk

Κέκροψ, -οπος m. mythischer König Athens, halb Mann, halb Schlange; davon Κεκρόπιος, f. -πίς “kekropisch, attisch’, Kexoonia f. = Athen, -πέδαι N. der Athener (ion. att.). — Nach Hekat. 119 J. fremden Ursprungs; Kretschmer Glotta bite ΗΕ κεχκρύφαλος--- κελαινός 818 4, 809 will es dagegen durch Metathese aus *Kegxoy "mit Schwanz versehen’ erklären. — [Frisk, s.v. Κέκροψ, p. 844]

3. Κέκροψ · Kekrops — LSJ

Cecrops

Cecrops mythical king of Athens, Hdt. 8.44; represented with a serpentʼs tail, and hence called διφυής, Sch. Ar. V. 436; with the tail of a θυννίς, Eup. 156: pl., = Κεκροπίδαι, IG 3.1335. (Κέκροψ a barbarian name acc. to Hecat. 119 J.)

II Cecropian, Athenian, the Acropolis, Athens, Attica, the Athenians, shrine of Cecrops

Adj. Κεκρόπιος, α, ον, Cecropian, Athenian, πέτρα K. the Acropolis, E. Ion 936 (also simply Κεκροπία, ἡ, used for Athens itself, Supp. 658, El. 1289); K. χθών Attica, Id. Hipp. 34, etc.; Κεκρόπιοι, οἱ, the Athenians, APl. 16.295: Κεκροπία, ἡ, village-community in Early Attica, Str. 9.1.20: Κεκρόπιον, τό, shrine of Cecrops, IG 1(2).372.63:—also Κεκροπ-ικός, ib. 374.144.

fem. Κεκροπίς, ίδος, φυλή Ar. Av. 1407, IG 1(2).302.59, etc.; K. αἶα AP 7.81 (Antip. Sid.).

3 descendants of Cecrops, Athenians

Κεκροπίδαι, οἱ, descendants of Cecrops, Athenians, Hdt. l.c., etc.: in sg., Ar. Eq. 1055.

4 from Athens

Adv. Κεκροπίᾱθεν, Ep. Κεκροπί-ηθεν, from Athens, Call. Dian. 227, A.R. 1.95.

In the wild

Κεκροπίδα · Kekropida Aristophanes, Birds 1405 (DIORISIS sentence 1026)
Κέκροπος · Kekropos Aristophanes, Clouds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 260)
Κεκροπίδη · Kekropidē Aristophanes, Knights 1055 (DIORISIS sentence 756)
Κέκροπος · Kekropos Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 605)
Κέκροψ · Kekrops Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 333)
Κεκροπίδαι · Kekropidai Demosthenes, The Funeral Speech 51-61 30 (DIORISIS sentence 89)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Κέκροψ (scan p. 525; entry #3791).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Κέκροψ (scan pp. 844-845; entry #2893).

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