- κῆβος
- κῆβοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `ape with long tale' (Arist., Str., Gal.)Other forms: also κῆπος (Agatharch., Str. 16, 4, 16 v. l., Ael., where also κεῖπος and v.l. Str. 16, 4, 16) *κηφος because of Lat. cephus (Plin. Nat. 1, 18, 28 and 8, 70; cef(f)us Sol. 30, 22); in Lat. also ceppus (Pol. Silv.), caepus (v.l. Plin. Nat.8, 70 = *καῖπος?); from Fur. 176, 232, 235.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: As LW [loanword] to Skt. kapí-, Hebr. qōf, Oldegypt. qefi `ape of the land Punt'. Further origin unknown; the vowel suggests Egyptian. Diff. Grimme Glotta 14, 16 (Hitt.-Oriental.). Lewy Fremdw. 6, Mayrhofer KEWA s. kapíḥ, Masson, Emprunts sémit. 87 n. 5, Hemmerdinger Glotta 46 (1968) 244. - The Greek (and Latin) variants poin to a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 1,836
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.