ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ

ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ

Coptic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βασιλικός (basilikós).

Noun

ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ • (basilikos) m (plural ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ (basilikos))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan) royal official
   • 1898, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, Volume II (John 4:46)‎, page 372:

     ⲛⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ. ⲉⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁϥ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ ⲉϥϣⲱⲛⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲕⲁⲫⲁⲣⲛⲁⲟⲩⲙ.

     neouon oubasilikos pe. eoun ǹtaf ǹoušēri m̀mau efšōni xen kapharnaoum.

     And there was a certain official, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

References

• TLA lemma no. C8597 (ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA),