Scriptorium tag: N
 1. (En) multitude
(Fr) multitude
(De) Menge
ref: πλῆθος, μακρότης, ἀριθμός, ὄχλος Bibliography: CD 22b-23a?; CED 15?; KoptHWb 15, 490?; DELC 20?
Descended from Demotic ꜥšꜣ.t, Hieroglyphic Egyptian ꜥšꜣ.wt multitude; the many (people); see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲉϣⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲧⲁϣⲏ · ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲣⲙⲉⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ · and they were not able to stand upright by reason of excessive weeping. The Life of John the Kalybites part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.john_kalybites.budge:46-90)
  • ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ · ⲁⲛⲉⲡⲣⲁⲅⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲓ · ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲁϣⲏ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃ · ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲩϣⲱⲡ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲏⲣⲡ · And it came to pass that on a certain day the merchants arrived, and they brought him a large quantity of gold wherewith they wished to buy some of his wine; Encomium on Victor part 3 (urn:cts:copticLit:pscelestinus.encomium.budge:56-103)
  • ⲉϥⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥⲣⲓⲙⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲓ ⲉϫⲛⲟⲩⲓⲉⲣⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ · ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲧⲁϣⲏ ⲛⲙⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ · And he went away heaving sighs and shedding tears, and he came to a river of water, and owing to the heavy rain which had fallen into it History of Eustathius and Theopiste part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.eustathius.budge:1-30)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C261 (ⲁϣⲏ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C261 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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