Scriptorium tag: N
| 1. | (En) | eunuch |
| (Fr) | eunuque | |
| (De) | Eunuch, Höfling | |
| Bibliography: CD 371a?; CED 168?; KoptHWb 179?; DELC 185?-186; ChLCS 46b? | ||
Descended from Demotic sr(e), Hieroglyphic Egyptian sr nobleman; official; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
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Sahidic:
- ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ⲙⲙⲓⲛⲙⲙⲟϥ · ⲉϥⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁϫⲡⲟϥ ⲉϥⲟ ⲛⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ · Ye marvel at me, O my brethren, because I say that when a man hath made himself an eunuch he is more glorious than the man who was an eunuch when he was born. Encomium on Demetrius Archbishop of Alexandria part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:psflavianus.encomium.budge:1-23)ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ⲙⲛⲙⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ . ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲉⲅⲕⲣⲁⲧⲉⲩⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲙⲙⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ · are indeed eunuchs and virgins—and this means you, brethren, as well as everyone everywhere on the whole earth who is celibate, Abraham Our Father: ZH fragments 1a-d (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.abraham.monbzh:18-22)ϫⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲁϯ ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ⲙⲛⲙⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ · 'The Lord will give eunuchs and virgins the kingdom of heaven.' Abraham Our Father: YA 525-30 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.abraham.monbya:10-18)
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