Scriptorium tag: V
| 1. | (En) | be useful, prosperous, virtuous |
| (Fr) | être utile, prospère, vertueux | |
| (De) | nützen, sich wohl befinden, ziemen | |
| Bibliography: CD 599b-600a?; CED 257?; KoptHWb 334?; ChLCS 82b? | ||
cf. ⲉⲓⲣⲉ act; become, befall; do
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Sahidic:
- ⲛⲁϣ ⲛϩⲉ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲣϣⲁⲩ · How will he be useful? I See Your Eagerness: GL 29-30 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.eagerness.monbgl_29_30)ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲉϣⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲱⲱⲧ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛⲙⲁⲥⲉ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲙⲟⲩ , ⲏ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲣⲥⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϥⲧⲙⲣϣⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛϩⲱⲃ , As still you slaughter your calf when it is about to die, or if it exhausts [its] measure, being unuseful for your work, Not Because a Fox Barks: XH 204-216 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.fox.monbxh_204_216)ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲡⲉϩⲙⲟⲩ ⲃⲁⲁⲃⲉ ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲙⲟⲗϩϥ ϩⲛⲟⲩ ⲙⲉϥⲣϣⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲕⲟⲡⲣⲓⲁ · ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲉⲡⲕⲁϩ · ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉϣⲁⲩⲛⲟϫϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ · ⲉⲧⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ϫⲉⲟⲩⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲓⲙ' ⲉⲧⲛⲁϫⲓ ϩⲛⲙⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲧϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲟϥ · ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲩϣⲁⲛⲡⲁⲣⲁⲃⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ'ⲙⲉⲩⲣϣⲁⲩⲛⲕⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ ϫⲓⲛⲡⲉⲓⲛⲁⲩ · ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛϩⲱⲃ · ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉϣⲁⲩⲛⲟϫⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲕⲁⲕⲉ ⲉⲧϩⲓⲃⲟⲗ'ⲛⲥⲉⲁⲛϩⲁⲗⲓⲥⲕⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ · ⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ · “but if the salt becometh sterile, with what are they to salt it? It is fit neither for the dunghill nor for the earth; but they throw it away,'--that is: Blessed are all the souls which shall receive of the mysteries of the Ineffable; but if they once transgress, they are not fit to return to the body henceforth from this hour onwards nor for anything at all, but they are cast into the outer darkness and perish in that region.” Pistis Sophia Book 3 Part 4 (urn:cts:copticLit:pistissophia.2.petermann:89-99)
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