Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) be boundary, be fixed, be moderate
(Fr) être frontalier, proche, être fixe, être modéré
(De) angrenzen, nahe sein, fest sein, gemäßigt sein
Bibliography: CD 449b-450a?; CED 201?
 2. (En) limit, determine, appoint
(Fr) limiter, déterminer, fixer
(De) begrenzen, entscheiden, festsetzen
Bibliography: CD 450a?; CDC 70a?; KoptHWb 255?; DELC 225a?; ChLCS 63b?
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲩⲧⲉϣⲡϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲉⲣⲟϥ · and appointed a servant to attend him. The Life of John the Kalybites part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.john_kalybites.budge:1-45)
  • ⲁⲓϥⲓ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ · ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲡϣⲁⲩ ⲛϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ · ⲉⲧⲣⲁⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ · ϣⲁⲡⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲁⲧⲟϣ ⲉⲣⲟϥ · and I took a few bread cakes with me, sufficient for the four days' journey, so that I might eat of them until I arrived at the place which God should appoint for me. Life of Onnophrius part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.onnophrius.budge:9-16)
  • ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲕⲁⲟⲩϣⲓ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲕⲁⲛⲱⲛ ⲉϥⲧⲏϣ ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲉϣϭⲙϭⲟⲙ ⲛϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲣⲁⲛⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ · I adjure you, O my brethren, to do none of these things, but make moderation your guide, and set a fixed measure to your patient endurance and to your perseverance, in order that ye may be able to fulfil your lives in the manner which is pleasing unto God, The Asceticon of Apa Ephrem part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:psephrem.asceticon.budge:1-23)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C4707 (ⲧⲱϣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C4707 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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