Cecropidae

Cēcrops, ŏpis, m., = Kekrops, the most ancient king of Attica, who went there from the Egyptian Sais, and was founder of the citadel of Athens (which is hence called Cecropia; v. infra), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the fable, half man and half serpent;

hence, geminus,

Ov. M. 2, 555.—

II.

Hence,

A.

Cēcrŏpĭus, a, um, adj.

1.

Of or pertaining to Cecrops, Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcrŏpĭa, ae, f., the citadel of Athens, built by Cecrops, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194:

arx,

Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.—Hence, meton. for Athens, Cat. 64, 79.—Far more freq.,

2.

Pertaining to Athens or Attica, Athenian, Attic:

fines,

the Attic territory, Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.:

coloni,

Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29:

Eumolpus (born at Athens),

Ov. M. 11, 93:

thymus,

Verg. G. 4, 270:

apes,

id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14:

mel,

id. 13, 24:

cothurnus,

tragedy, which was native to Athens, Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs opprobrium (on account of Procne, the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion; cf.

Atthis),

id. ib. 4, 12, 6:

fides,

i. e. the fidelity of the friends Theseus and Pirithous, Stat. S. 2, 6, 55:

dote madent pectora,

full of Athenian wisdom, Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.—

B.

Cēcrŏpĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Cecrops; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. Theseus ), Ov. M. 8, 550.—Appel. for one of noble descent, Juv. 8, 46 sq.— Plur.: Cē-crŏpĭdae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.—

C.

Cēcrŏpĭs, ĭdis ( dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropĭ, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a female descendant of Cecrops; so his daughter Aglauros, Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.— Adj.:

ales,

i. e. Procne, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32:

virgines,

Lact. 1, 17, 14.—In plur., Procne and Philomele, daughters of Pandion, Ov. M. 6, 667.—Also,

2.

An Athenian woman, Juv. 6, 187; and adj. for Attic, of Attica:

terra,

Ov. H. 10, 100.