ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ

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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βασιλικός (basilikós).

Noun edit

ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ (basilikosm (plural ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ (basilikos))

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan) royal official
    • 1898, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, Volume II (John 4:46)[1], page 372:
      ⲛⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ. ⲉⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁϥ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ ⲉϥϣⲱⲛⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲕⲁⲫⲁⲣⲛⲁⲟⲩⲙ.
      neouon oubasilikos pe. eoun ǹtaf ǹoušēri m̀mau efšōni xen kapharnaoum.
      And there was a certain official, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

References edit

  • TLA lemma no. C8597 (ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]