Cercyo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cercyo, ŏnis, m., = Κερκυών,

I a celebrated robber in Attica , conquered and slain by Theseus at Eleusis , Ov. M. 7, 439; Hyg. Fab. 187; Gell. 15, 21, 1.— Acc. Gr. Cercyona, Stat. Th. 12, 577.—Hence,

II Cercyŏnē-us , a, um, adj., pertaining to Cercyon : corpora, Ov. Ib. 410.