ⲡⲁⲑⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ

Coptic

Cuscuta epithymum

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἐπίθυμον (epíthumon). Compare Arabic أَفْثِيمُون (ʔafṯīmūn, “Cuscuta epithymum”)

Noun

ⲡⲁⲑⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ • (pathamoun) m

1. (Bohairic) dodder, Cuscuta

References

• Sawy, Mona Hassan Ahmed (2021) Treatment by Medicine and Magic in Coptic Documents. A Linguistic and Cultural Study‎^[1], Göttingen, page 139