ⲗⲁⲃⲟϯ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲧⲉ (labote) — Sahidic

Etymology

From ⲗⲁ- (la-, “(one) possessed with, endued with”) +‎ ⲃⲟϯ (boti, “hateful thing, anathema, abomination”).

Noun

ⲗⲁⲃⲟϯ • (laboti) (m)

1. (Bohairic, derogatory) sodomite

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 45
• TLA lemma no. C561 (ⲗⲁⲃⲟϯ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]