ⲙⲉⲛⲇⲏⲥ

Coptic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μένδης (Méndēs, “Mendes, a city in Lower Egypt”) which in turn is from Egyptian pr-bꜣ-nb-ḏdt (“temple of Banebdjedet, a ram god whose cult centre was at Mendes”).

Noun

ⲙⲉⲛⲇⲏⲥ • (mendēs) m

  1. (Bohairic, astronomy) Capricorn (constellation of the zodiac in the shape of a goat)

References

  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 165
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