ⲙⲛⲧⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ

Coptic

Etymology

ⲙⲛⲧ- (mnt-) + ⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ (magos).

Noun

ⲙⲛⲧⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ • (mntmagos) f (plural ⲙⲛⲧⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ (mntmagos))

  1. (Sahidic) magic, magical powers, magic tricks
    • 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), 35, lines 13.15.
      ⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲓⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ ϩⲛ ⲙⲛⲧⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ
      "The things that you heard that I have done, I didn't do them with magic, (...)"

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