ⲥⲓⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲓⲧⲉ (site) — Sahidic
• ⲥⲓϯ (siti) — Bohairic, rare

Etymology

From Demotic syṱ (“serpent”), from Egyptian zꜣ-tꜣ (name of a serpent, literally “son of the earth”), from zꜣ (“son”) + tꜣ (“land, earth”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲧ • (sit) m

1. (Sahidic, Old Coptic) basilisk
2. (Sahidic, Old Coptic) cerastes (horned viper)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN