The corpus record — Latin

cercopithecus

cercopithecus · m

a monkey with a tail

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Where it lives

Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

cercŏpĭthēcus — Lewis & Short

cercŏpĭthēcus, i, m., = kerkopi/qhkos,

I a monkey with a tail, Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 26; Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Mart. 14, 202; 14, 128; divine honors were paid to it by the Egyptians, Juv. 15, 4.—Acc. cercopithecon, Mart. 7, 87, 4.—

II A proper name, Suet. Ner. 30.

Where it came from

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