Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) be, make smooth
(Fr) être lissé, polir, affiner, lisser
(De) glatt sein, glätten, polieren, verfeinern
Bibliography: CD 333b-334a?; CED 152?; KoptHWb 185?; DELC 188?; ChLCS 47b?
cf. ⲗⲟⲕⲗⲕ weich werden, erweichen
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲉⲣⲅⲁⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ · ϣⲁϥⲫⲓⲗⲟⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ · ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲥⲗⲟϭⲗϭ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉϥⲧⲏⲏⲃⲉ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲩⲕⲓⲱⲟⲩ · If he hath been a workman in the world he will minister to his body most carefully and diligently so that it may become refined ; and he will make his hands to become soft. The Asceticon of Apa Ephrem part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:psephrem.asceticon.budge:1-23)
  • ⲙⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲉϣⲁⲓⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲗⲟϭⲗϭ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲥⲱⲙⲁ · Whensoever I remembered the softness of her body, Encomium on Demetrius Archbishop of Alexandria part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:psflavianus.encomium.budge:24-42)
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥⲥⲗⲟϭⲗϭ ⲉϫⲙⲡⲁⲥⲱⲙⲁ ϩⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ · ⲁϥⲧⲱϭⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲡⲁϩϥ ⲉϫⲛⲛⲉϥⲉⲣⲏⲩ · And he rubbed my body lightly with his hands, and he rejoined the sides of the opening which he had made in my side, Life of Onnophrius part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.onnophrius.budge:1-9)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C3503 (ⲥⲗⲟϭⲗϭ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C3503 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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