Scriptorium tag: N
 1. (En) trap, snare
(Fr) lacet, trappe, piège
(De) Falle, Schlinge, Fallstrick
Bibliography: CD 277a?; CED 130?; KoptHWb 155?; DELC 166?; ChLCS 39a?
Descended from Demotic pḫ, Hieroglyphic Egyptian pḫꜣ (wooden) bird trap; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
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Sahidic:
  • ⲛⲏⲫⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲱ ⲡⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ ϫⲉⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲏⲩ ⲉϫⲱⲕ ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲟⲩⲡⲁϣ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲕⲛⲁⲣϩⲧⲏⲕ ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲱ ⲟⲩⲟⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉⲁⲛⲁϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲱϫⲛ ⲙⲡⲓⲉⲓⲙⲉ · Be wise (?), O wretched man, for that hour shall come upon thee like a snare, and thou wilt repent, and wilt say, 'O woe is me ! for my days have come to an end without my knowing it. The Asceticon of Apa Ephrem part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:psephrem.asceticon.budge:24-55)
  • ⲉⲙⲡⲣⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉⲧⲛϩⲏⲧ ϩⲣⲟϣ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉⲓ ⲙⲛⲟⲩϯϩⲉ · ⲙⲛϩⲉⲛⲣⲟⲟⲩϣ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲃⲓⲟⲥ · ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲧⲛ ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲁϣ · Let not your heart be heavy through satiety, and drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, because that day shall come upon you like a snare; Encomium on Victor part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:pscelestinus.encomium.budge:32-55)
  • ϫⲉⲉⲕⲉⲣⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣϭⲟⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲁϭⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲡⲁϣ · that thou mayest escape like a roe from the snare of the hunter, and like a bird from the net of the fowler. On Penitence and Abstinence, part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:johnconst.penitence.budge:1-119)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C2946 (ⲡⲁϣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C2946 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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