proper noun
Cercўo
Meaning
- a celebrated robber in Attica
Cercўo, 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. Cercўŏnē-us, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cercyon:
corpora, Ov. Ib. 410.