Greek Loanwords in Coptic

ⲙⲉⲗⲁⲛⲓⲟⲛ

[GRL 7226]

°ⲙⲉⲗⲁⲛⲓⲟⲛ nn ( μελάνιον LSJ 1095a ; nn sg neut nom diminuitive ) L

[CL 3709]

1 black ink

ⲙⲉⲗⲁⲛⲟⲥ

[GRL 5061]

°ⲙⲉⲗⲁⲛⲟⲥ nn ( μέλανος LSJ 1095b ; adj sg masc nom ) S

[CL 4272]

1 black pigment, ink

I ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲁ; II ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲁⲛ; III ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲁ; IV ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲱⲛ

[GRL 1375]

I ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲁ vb ( μελετάω LSJ 1096b ; vb 2nd sg pres imperat act ) SALMP

[CL 1580]

1 to take thought/care, pay attention, attend 2 to study, learn, practice, memorize, recite from memory (of Scripture ; other meanings were probably sometimes reinterpreted as this one) 3 to ponder, contemplate, meditate, imagine 4 to practice oratory, declaim, utter 5 to plan, plot, devise

II ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲁⲛ vb ( μελετάω LSJ 1096b ; vb pres inf act ) B

[CL 1581]

1 to study, learn, practice, memorize, recite from memory (of Scripture) 2 to ponder, contemplate, meditate, imagine 3 to declaim, utter

II.A ⲣⲉϥ-*ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲁⲛ nn ( vb pres inf act ) B

[CL 6466]

1 reciter

III °ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲁ nn ( μελετάω LSJ 1096b ; vb 2nd sg pres imperat act ) S

[CL 7999]

1 pondering, contemplation, meditating

IV °*ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲱⲛ nn ( μελετάω LSJ 1096b ; part sg pres act masc nom ) B

[CL 1583]

1 epithet: the competitor (ref.: St. George)

ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲁ

[GRL 7853]

ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲁ nn ( μελετάω LSJ 1096b, μελετή LSJ 1096b ; vb 2nd sg pres imperat act ) S

[CL 3144]

1 memorizing, recitation (of Scripture) 2 pondering, contemplation, meditating

ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲏ

[GRL 2749]

I ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲏ nn ( μελέτη LSJ 1096b ; nn sg fem nom ) SMV

[CL 3142]

1 recitation, (ascetic) exercise

I.A ⲣ-ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲏ vb ( nn sg fem nom ) B

[CL 7282]

1 to perform a recitation

I.B ϭⲓⲛ-ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲏ nn ( nn sg fem nom ) S

[CL 3143]

1 act of recitation

I.C ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙ-ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲏ vb ( nn sg fem nom ) S

[CL 7847]

1 to be(come) an exercise

ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲏⲥⲓⲥ

[GRL 2750]

I ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲏⲥⲓⲥ nn ( μελέτησις LSJ 1096b ; nn sg fem nom ) SM

[CL 3145]

1 meditation, study (act of pondering)

I.A ⲟ ⲙ-ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲏⲥⲓⲥ vb ( nn sg fem nom ) S

[CL 7848]

1 to be in meditation

I ⲙⲉⲗⲓ; III ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲥⲑⲁⲓ

[GRL 1381]

I ⲙⲉⲗⲓ vb ( μέλω LSJ 1100a ; vb 2nd sg pres imperat act ) SABM

[CL 1589]

1 impers.: to be a concern, bother, worry 1a metaph.: to show deference, treat with partiality (i.e., to be unduly influenced by s.o.'s status/opinion etc.)

II.A.1 ⲙⲛⲧ-ⲁⲧ-°*ⲙⲉⲗⲓⲛ nn ( vb pres inf act ) B

[CL 1590]

1 lack of care, negligence

III °*ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲥⲑⲁⲓ vb ( μέλω LSJ 1100a ; vb pres inf mp ) B

[CL 1591]

1 impers.: to be a concern, bother, worry

ⲙⲉⲗⲓⲗⲱⲧⲟⲛ

[GRL 6698]

°*ⲙⲉⲗⲓⲗⲱⲧⲟⲛ nn ( μελίλωτον LSJ 1097b ; nn sg neut nom ) S

[CL 5232]

1 (bot.) melilot (a kind of clover)

ⲙⲉⲗⲓⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ

[GRL 5063]

ⲙⲉⲗⲓⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ nn ( Μελιτιανοί Montanari 1308a; ; nn sg masc nom ) S

[CL 4273]

1 Melitian (follower of Meletius, bishop of Lykopolis)

I ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲅⲣⲁⲫⲟⲥ; II ⲙⲉⲗⲓⲟⲅⲣⲁⲫⲟⲥ; III ⲙⲉⲗⲓⲟⲅⲣⲁⲫⲟⲛ

[GRL 1379]

I °ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲅⲣⲁⲫⲟⲥ nn ( μελογράφος LSJ 1099b ; nn sg masc nom ) S

[CL 1584]

1 epithet: songwriter (ref.: King David)

II °ⲙⲉⲗⲓⲟⲅⲣⲁⲫⲟⲥ ^UFC nn ( μελογράφος LSJ 1099b ; nn sg masc nom ) SB

[CL 1585]

1 epithet: writer of (verses sweet as) honey (ref.: King David)

III °ⲙⲉⲗⲓⲟⲅⲣⲁⲫⲟⲛ ^{UFC Triad} nn ( μελογράφος LSJ 1099b ; nn ) S

[CL 6154]

1 writer of (verses sweet as) honey (ref.: King David)

ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲡⲉⲡⲱⲛ

[GRL 6599]

ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲡⲉⲡⲱⲛ nn ( μηλοπέπων LSJ 1127a ; nn sg masc nom ) SB

[CL 5129]

1 melon

I ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ; II ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ

[GRL 1380]

I ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ nn ( μέλος LSJ 1099b ; nn sg neutr nom ) SABFLM

[CL 1586]

1 (anat.) limb, member, part (e.g., of the human body, of a superhuman being) 1a metaph.: limb, member, part (e.g., of the "body" of Christ/a community/the (Christian/Manichaean) elect ; ref. e.g., the apostles)

I.A ϣⲃⲏⲣ-ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ nn ( nn sg neutr nom ) SBL

[CL 1587]

1 fellow (member), companion (ref. e.g., a fellow monk, a coworker) 1a [theol.] metaph.: fellow member (of Christ ; ref. e.g., the apostles)

I.A.1 ϣⲃⲏⲣ-ⲙ-ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ nn ( nn sg neutr nom ) S

[CL 6770]

1 [theol.] metaph.: fellow member (of Christ ; ref.: the apostles)

II °ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ nn ( μέλος LSJ 1099b ; nn sg neutr nom ) S

[CL 1588]

1 (anat.) nerve, tendon

ⲙⲉⲙⲃⲣⲁⲛⲟⲛ

[GRL 1382]

ⲙⲉⲙⲃⲣⲁⲛⲟⲛ nn ( μέμβρανον LSJ 1100b ; nn sg neutr nom ) S

[CL 1592]

1 parchment 2 book (of parchment)

ⲙⲉⲙⲫⲉⲓ

[GRL 1383]

°ⲙⲉⲙⲫⲉⲓ vb ( μέμφομαι LSJ 1101b ; vb 2nd sg pres ind mp ) SA

[CL 1593]

1 to reproach, chide, blame

ⲙⲉⲙⲯⲓⲥ

[GRL 1384]

°*ⲙⲉⲙⲯⲓⲥ nn ( μέμψις LSJ 1101b ; nn sg fem nom ) S

[CL 1594]

1 objection

ⲙⲉⲛ

[GRL 1385]

ⲙⲉⲛ part ( μέν LSJ 1101b ; part ) SABFLMV

[CL 1595]

1 emphasizing: indeed, yes, truly, actually, verily 2 adversative: yet, nonetheless, but 3 contrastive: while, even, on the one/other hand 4 narratival: now, and, meanwhile 5 inferential: then, so, therefore

ⲙⲉⲛⲧⲟⲓ

[GRL 2826]

ⲙⲉⲛⲧⲟⲓ part ( μέντοι Bauer/Aland 1020 ; part ) SABLMW

[CL 3221]

1 adversative: but, however, though, yet, still 2 indeed, certainly, to be sure

ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲍⲉ

[GRL 1387]

ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲍⲉ vb ( μερίζω LSJ 1103b ; vb 2nd sg pres imperat act ) S

[CL 1596]

1 to separate, divide

I ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ; II ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲕⲟⲛ

[GRL 3543]

I °ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ nn ( μερικός LSJ 1104a ; adj sg masc nom ) S

[CL 3863]

1 (phil.) partial (as opposed to universals)

II ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲕⲟⲛ nn ( μερικός LSJ 1104a ; adj sg neut nom ) SL

[CL 3864]

1 partial, particular, characteristic 2 merikon, segment-bread (?) (a kind of longbread that can be broken into segments?)

ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲕⲱⲥ

[GRL 7869]

°ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲕⲱⲥ adv ( μερικῶς PGL 843b ; adv ) BL

[CL 3991]

1 in a limited fashion, partially 2 in detail, particularly

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