ⲕⲉⲥⲧⲱⲛⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεστωνάριος (kestōnários), from Latin quaestiōnārius.

Pronunciation edit

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ⲕⲉⲥⲧⲱⲛⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (kestōnariosm (plural ⲕⲉⲥⲧⲱⲛⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (kestōnarios))

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) junior torturer, executioner
    • Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden. Texte, Übersetzungen und Indices herausgeben und bearbeitet, book II, in Orientalia Christiana Analecta, issue 102, Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum (1935), 36, lines 2.7.
      ⲇⲓⲱⲛⲏⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲁⲕⲉⲥⲧⲱⲛⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲧϭⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ ⲙⲁϩϥ ⲛⲧⲓⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲕⲁⲁϥ ⲕⲁϩⲏⲩ ⲛⲛⲉϥϩⲟⲓⲧⲉ ⲁϥⲃⲟϭϥ ⲉⲧⲣⲁϩⲧⲉ ϩⲁⲧⲙ ⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲧⲉⲗⲉⲙⲏ ⲁϥⲱϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲁ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ
      diōnēsios de pakestōnarios hitn tcom ntafnau eros apepna mahf ntieunou afkaaf kahēu nnefhoite afbocf etrahte hatm pmakarios apa ptelemē afōš ebol efčō mmos če oua pe pnoute nnekhrēstianos
      Dionysios the torture assistant was filled by the power of the spirit that he had seen then, stripped off his clothes and leapt into the cauldron next to the blessed Apa Ptolemy, shouting: "One [of a kind] is the God of the Christians."

References edit

  • TLA lemma no. C9410 (ⲕⲉⲥⲧⲱⲛⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]