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Brewer's: Copronymus
So Constantine V. was surnamed (718, 741-775). “Kopros” is the Greek for dung, and Constantine V. was called Copronymus: “Parce qu'il salit les fonts baptismaux lorsqu'on le baptisait. ”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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