- πίθηκος
- πίθηκοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `monkey' (IA. since Archil.).Other forms: Dor. -ᾱκος (Ar. Ach., Egypt. inscr.).Compounds: Some compp., e.g. πιθηκο-φαγέω `to eat monkey(-flesh)' (Hdt.), χοιρο-πίθηκος m. "pig-monkey", `monkey with a pig's nose' (Arist.).Derivatives: 1. Diminutives: πιθήκ-ιον n. (Plaut.), also metaph. as plantname (Ps.-Apul.) and as designation of a weight hanged between two warships (Ath. Mech.); -ιδεύς m. (Ael.; Bosshardt 72). 2. Adj.: -ώδης `monkey-like' (Arist., Ael.), -ειος `belonging to monkeys, monkey-' (Gal.); -όεις, f. -όεσσα in Πιθηκοῦσσαι νῆσοι f. pl. `the Monkey Islands' before the coast of Campania (Arist., Str.). 3. Verb -ίζω, also w. ὑπο-, δια-, `play the ape' with -ισμός m. `monkey-trick' (Ar.). -- With transition in fem. and metaph. meaning πιθήκη f. = ψύλλα, `flea' (Ael.); as consonantstem πίθηξ, -ηκος (Aesop.), secondar. after φύλακος : φύλαξ a.o. On itself stand πίθων, -ωνος m. `small monkey' (Pi., Babr.), prob. endearing and short name; on -ων Chantraine Form. 161, Schwyzer 487.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: On the κ-suffix cf. ἱέρᾱξ, μύρμηξ a.o.; thematic vowel as in ψιττακός. -- Since Solmsen RLM 53, 141 usu. connected to Lat. foedus `ugly' as cognate (IE *bhidh-: bhoidh-) with reference to the opposite καλλίας (s. v.). Rather LW [loanword]; s. Nehring Glotta 14, 184 and Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 16f.; cf. also WP. 2, 186. -- Prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,534
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.