Scriptorium tag: N
| 1. | least, humble, lowly, pathetic, pitiful one (substantive) | |
| ref: 6121 Bibliography: DDGLC | ||
| 2. | least, smallest thing (substantive) | |
| ref: 10278 Bibliography: DDGLC | ||
| 3. | least, humble, lowly, pathetic, pitiful (inverted attributive, attributive referent) | |
| ref: 10775 Bibliography: DDGLC | ||
| 4. | humblest, unworthiest, least one (self-deprecating expression used by clerics, monks, and anchorites) (substantive) | |
| ref: 5251 Bibliography: DDGLC | ||
| 5. | humblest, unworthiest, least one (unusual usage referring to the addressee, and not the sender of a letter) (substantive) | |
| ref: 6122 Bibliography: DDGLC | ||
| 6. | humblest, unworthiest, least (self-deprecating expression used by clerics, monks, and anchorites) (attributive) | |
| ref: 1285 Bibliography: DDGLC | ||
| 7. | humblest, unworthiest, least one (unusual usage referring to a third person rather than the speaker) (inverted attributive; attributive referent) | |
| ref: 11169 Bibliography: DDGLC | ||
cf. Gr. (DDGLC lemma ID 654) ἐλάχιστος
least, smallest. adjective (LSJ 530a?; Preisigke 1:467?; BDAG 314?)
least, smallest. adjective (LSJ 530a?; Preisigke 1:467?; BDAG 314?)
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
- ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ · I the least (of all here present). Encomium on Victor part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:pscelestinus.encomium.budge:1-31)ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲁⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ · ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲙⲃⲱ ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲓϣⲱⲗⲙ ⲙⲡⲉⲥϯⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ ⲙⲡⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲟⲩⲙⲓⲗⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲓⲡⲱϩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ · Believe me, O my brethren and fathers, I, Pambo, the least of all men, smelled the sweet odour of that brother for a mile before I came to the place where he was. Life of Cyrus in Budge ed. part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.cyrus.budge:1-9)ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲁⲙⲃⲱ ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲣⲡⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲉⲧⲣϥⲁⲥⲡⲁⲍⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁϥⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲙⲉ · ϫⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲧⲱⲛ · And as for me, Pambo, the least of men, I was not worthy that He should kiss me then, and He went forth from our midst and we did not know whither He had gone. Life of Cyrus in Budge ed. part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.cyrus.budge:10-17)
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See also:ⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲛ – - least, smallest thing (substantive)
- least, smallest, insignificant (attributive)
- least, smallest (inverted attributive; attributive referent)
- humblest, most insignificant thing (inverted attributive; nominal referent)
- defect, deficiency in quality
ⲉⲗⲁⲭⳇ ⲁⲗ, ... - least, worthless, most humble one (nominal)
- least, worthless, humble (attributive)
Note on Greek forms: Forms given are unnormalized, attested, and checked orthographies in the DDGLC corpus. The material from DDGLC is a work-in-progress, not a finished publication. This release is strictly preliminary.
Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C8912 (ⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C8912 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).Found a bug or a problem? Please report it at: https://github.com/KELLIA/dictionary/issues
