ⲟⲃⲓⲟⲛ

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Coptic

Atum and the snake Apophis

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis). A connection with Demotic ꜥpnn.t (of uncertain meaning), tentatively proposed by Ludwig Stern,[1] is rejected by Georg Ebers.[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈob.jon/ (Late Coptic)

Noun

ⲟⲃⲓⲟⲛ • (obion) m

  1. (Bohairic) serpent, snake

References

  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, pages 172, 378
  1. ^ Stern, Ludwig (1875) “Glossarium” in: Georg Ebers (editor), Papyros Ebers. Das hermetische Buch über die Arzeneimittel der alten Ägypter in hieratischer Schrift, volume 2 (Leipzig), page 9
  2. ^ Ebers, Georg (1889) Papyrus Ebers. Die Maasse und das Kapitel über die Augenkrankheiten, volume 2: Das Kapitel über die Augenkrankheiten im Papyrus Ebers (Leipzig), page 301 (169), note 180: ‘Das ꜥapnnt thier ward bereits besprochen Abth. I S. 158 (26). Stern’s allerdings mit dem ? begleiteten Vorschlag, es mit ⲟⲃⲓⲟⲛ zusammenzubringen, ist unannehmbar, weil dies gewiss auf das griechische ὄφις zurückzuführen ist.’
  3. ^ Chassinat, Émile (1921) Un papyrus médical copte (Cairo), page 214
  4. ^ Popko, Lutz, “ꜥpnn.t” in Fischer-Elfert, Hans-Werner (chief editor), Science in Ancient Egypt
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