ⲥⲩⲛⲏⲇⲉⲥⲓⲥ

Coptic

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek συνείδησις (suneídēsis, “communication, information”).

Noun

ⲥⲩⲛⲏⲇⲉⲥⲓⲥ • (sunēdesis) f

1. (Bohairic) conscience
   • The Bohairic Coptic Bible, 1 Corinthians 10:29

     "ⲟⲩⲥⲩⲛⲏⲇⲉⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲑⲱⲕ ⲁⲛ ⲧⲉ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲑⲁ ⲡⲉⲕϣⲫⲏⲣ ⲉⲑⲃⲉⲟⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲧⲁⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙϩⲉ ⲥⲉⲛⲁϯϩⲁⲡ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲕⲉⲥⲩⲛⲏⲇⲉⲥⲓⲥ".

     "Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?".

References

• TLA lemma no. C10617 (ⲥⲩⲛⲏⲇⲉⲥⲓⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]