ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱⲛ

Coptic

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ⲡⲀⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱⲛ

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Proper noun

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ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱⲛ (apollōnm

  1. (usually with definite article) Apollo, the Greco-Roman god of light, music, art, and prophecy.
    • Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden. Texte, Übersetzungen und Indices herausgeben und bearbeitet, book I, in Orientalia Christiana Analecta, issue 102, Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum (1935), 5, lines 29.30.
      ⲙⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲁⲣⲇⲩⲙⲓⲥ
      mn noute nsa papollōn mn tardumis
      "There are no gods but Apollo and Artemis."
    • Martyrdom of Victor part 1
    • Ϣⲉⲡⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ̀ⲙ ⲡⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲟⲛ, ⲧⲉⲕϯⲙⲱⲣⲓⲁ
      Šepoučai ̀m papollon, tektimōria
      By the health of Apollo, this is my punishment

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