ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲥⲕⲟⲥ

Coptic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος (basilískos).

Alternative forms

  • ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ (basilikos) Bohairic

Noun

ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲥⲕⲟⲥ (basiliskos)

  1. (Bohairic) ruler
    • 1898, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, Volume II (John 4:46), page 372:
      ⲛⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ. ⲉⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲧⲁϥ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉϥϣⲱⲛⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲕⲁⲫⲁⲣⲛⲁⲟⲩⲙ.
      neouon oubasilikos pe. eoun ntaf noušēri mmau efšōni xen kapharnaoum.
      And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capharnaum.
  2. (Bohairic) basilisk (serpent)
    • 1843, Psalterium (Psalms 90:13), page 144:
      ⲉⲕⲉϩⲱⲙⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩ ϩⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩ ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲥⲕⲟⲥ * ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲕⲉϧⲟⲙϧⲉⲙ ⲛ ⲟⲩ ⲙⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩ ⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ
      ekehōmi ejen ou hof nem ou basiliskos * ouoh ekexomxem n ou moui nem ou drakōn
      Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

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