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?)
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)ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲣϥⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲁⲉⲓⲟⲟⲧⲉ · ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲙⲃⲱ ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲉⲁϥϯ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲟⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲁϥⲁⲥⲡⲁⲍⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϩⲓⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ · ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲉⲓ ϩⲓⲡϣⲙⲙⲟ · ⲁϥⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁ ⲉⲡⲉϥϣⲃⲏⲣ · And when He had come in, believe me, O my brethren and fathers, I, Pambo, the least of men, saw the Christ go up to that brother and kiss him, mouth to mouth, even as doth a brother who hath arrived from a strange region when he meeteth his friend. 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)
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