ⲕⲟⲩⲙⲡⲟⲥ

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Coptic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμπος (kómpos).

Noun

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ⲕⲟⲩⲙⲡⲟⲥ (koumposm (plural ⲕⲟⲩⲙⲡⲟⲥ (koumpos))

  1. strap, whip
    • Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden. Texte, Übersetzungen und Indices herausgeben und bearbeitet, book I, in Orientalia Christiana Analecta, issue 102, Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum (1935), 36, lines 14.15.
      ⲁϥⲧⲣⲉⲩϩⲓⲟⲩⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉϥϩⲟ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲩⲙⲡⲟⲥ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲛⲉϥⲁⲣⲟⲩ ⲡⲱϭⲉ ⲛⲥⲉⲉⲣ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ
      He let them hit in his face with whips, until his pupils burst and gushed.