ⲛⲉⲧⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Egyptian

(nṯr-ꜥꜣ, “great god”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛˈtɔ/

Noun

ⲛⲉⲧⲟ • (neto) m

  1. (Old Coptic) great god; a divine epithet.
    • Papyri Graecae Magicae (PGM) III. 410—23:
      ⲁⲛⲅⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ ⲡⲛⲉⲧⲟ
      angiēsous pneto
      I am Jesus, the great god.

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