Coptos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Coptŏs, i, f., = Κοπτός, Κοπτώ,

I a trading town in the Thebaid, on the eastern side of the Nile , afterwards Justinianopolis , now Coft , Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; Juv. 15, 28; Amm. 22, 16, 2; Itin. Ant. p. 165, 6 al.—Hence,

A Coptis , tĭdis, adj. f. , = Κοπτίς, of Coptos , Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 52.—

B Coptītēs , ae, adj. m. , = Κοπτίτης, of Coptos : nomos, that of which Coptos was the capital , Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49.—

C Coptītĭcus , a, um, adj., of Coptos , i. e. Egyptian : adyta, Ap. Met. 2, 28, 12.

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