s ii:
kneading-trough ; “ köv ” or “ köp ” leaven ; “ köt ” or “ köt ” or “ kat ” wicker b a sk e t;
“ kam ” rush of which cords are made ; “ ham ” rush ; “ kemS ” or “ kerne ” or “ kemi ”
Eg yp t; “ katsh ” reed; “ kSrousia” prison; “ kalibi ” hut, house of reeds; “ kalibös” house of
reeds. — The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Third dynasty to the end
of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. !!. pi. 7, and k. pi. 7 to 67). The kneading-trough was found by C.
C. Felton lett. used to the present day for a cradle in Greece.
Triodia pungens of the shores of the Southern portion of the Red Sea. The character checkered
with black — on the Gliddon mummy-case, as is a drinking-cup under the Tenth dynasty (Leps.
d. ii. pi. 145), after the manner of the shallow baskets made in Yemen at Makulla ; wliich baskets
are sometimes brought down the Nile through Nubia to E g y p t : I did not compare the material, but
I remarked a creeping grass of rattan-like hardness in the maritime sands at Mocha, the spikelets
Festuca-like but with soft hairs among the florets. T. pungens called “ schoucham,” was observed
by Forskal p. 22 growing in sandy places from Lobaia to Mocha.
^ P i n n o t h e r e s , the parasitic crab in oysters and other bivalves ; ( “ pinna ” and crab, or “ pin-
nophulax,” signifying cared for by his household, Horap. ii. 102); “ harakinos” crab;
“ karkinos ” the constellation Cancer in the Zodiac ; “ kev ” or “ köv ” debility, infirmity ; “ köövöf ”
weak; “ koui ” or “ koiiji ” small, young; “ kletos ” relatives; “ kaphöös ” uncle; “ kauröa ” aunt
by the father’s s id e ; “ k e ” or “ kööuöi” or “ kaöui” or “ koou ” or “ kööuS ” others; “ kösäöpö ” the rest.
— The character occurs under the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 10). A second form from
the Tenth dynasty to the Twenty-second (Leps. d. ii.p l. 150, and k. pi. 27 to
44). A third form ^ V under the Eighteenth dynasty (Leps. d. iii, pi. 50).
a hinge ; (pinnotheres by its claw warning its protector, Horap, ii. T02) ; “ kSljS” angle;
“ kllö ” or “ köli ” knee ; “ kölj ” or “ kSlj ” to incline, bend ; “ köljköli ” to bend knee ; “ körsö ”
door; “ k S r s ” kind of fish; “ kou la ji” , a little fish; — in English “ the cardinal point.” The
character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Fifth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, 39, and 65) and in a modified
form — =30i>— under the Nineteenth (Leps. d, iii. pi. 162, and Rosell. m. cul. xxix. i) .
|/-pp9 (pinna closing its shell, Horap. ii. 102); “ koulöl ” to wrap, envelop ; “ köms ” or “ k em ts”
X obscurity; “ klöolö ” clouds ; “ k a k i” or “ h a k i” or “ k a k ä ” or “ kökS ” darkness; “ k ä k ö ”
pupil of the eye ; (“ hemian ” black part of the eye, Plut. is. & osir. p. 364) ; “ hami ” or “ kamö ” or
“ kame” or “ kem ” black: “ k ö d ” around, circuit. — The character occurs as early as the Nineteenth
dynasty (Leps. d. iii. pi. 162, and Rosellin. mon. cul. xliv. 4).
ä, Ö, I, Ö, Ü, or the short guttural. The interjection eh !, used for interrupting.
(crocodile rendered immovable by touch of ibis-feather, Horap. ii. 77); “ Ö” or “ Shrei” or
“ öhrin ” or “ öhrai ” or “ öhlei ” or “ örat ” or “ örm ” or “ örn ” to ; “ ömpö ” or “ övö or “ övööu ”
mute; “ i t ” or “ gti ” who ; “ i t h i ” how; “ i t v i ” or “ i t h v i ” on account of; “ i t i ” y e t ,— in
Greek “ i t i ,” in English “ ye t.” — The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from
the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 5 to 67) : is further
traceable in the form of the fifth letter of the Phoenician, Greek, Roman, and West European
alphabets.
SJ (star signifying five, from the five planets ; also n igh t; also god inhabiting the world, the
^ Egyptians thinking that nothing would stand or hold together without god, Horap. i. 13 and
ii. l) ; “ d i ” five; “ i v e ” obscurity ; “ ijörh ” or “ ijorh ” night (the Egyptians thinking night the
beginning of all things, Aristot. xii, 6, and Damasc., compare Gen. i. 2) ; “ ihi ” an age. — The character
occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. k. pi. 7 to 67).
The star within a circle ( X r l occurs from the Twenty-eighth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic
writing (sarcoph. Amyrt,, Champ, diet. 13, and Leps. d. iv. pi. 85) : is besides the “ pintalpha
” of the Greeks, described by Lucian (compare the above five guttural vowel-sounds).
shrine; “ ilam ” portico or piazza; “ ilp e e i” or “ i r p i ” or “ i r p h i i ” temple; (“ i r v i t ”
sacrina, gestatoria, Edw.) ; “ ithep ” hidden mystery, sacred vow ; — in Greek “ ilpis ” hope.
The character occurs under the Fourth dynasty (Leps, d. ii. pi. 19). A second form
under the Fifth dynasty, and continues in use more or less modified until the Roman conquest
(Leps. d. ii. pi. 63 to iv. pi. 37).
“ enk o t” bed; “ i j i n ” or “ ijn ” or “ i jm ” or “ ijö ” upon; “ inköt ” or “ inkat ” or
inkotk ” sleep, to sleep ; “ vtshi ” or “ evtshi ” or “ iv tsh i ” or “ iv tshe n ” or “ ivtshi ” or
“ ovtsh ’
oblivion
“ bed.”
or “ 6vtsh ” or “ dvitsh ” to slumber, be unconscious, incoherent, absence of care, torpor,
; — in Hebrew “ byd ” (pronounced “ b i d ” by my Egyptian guide) house; in English
The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Roman conquest (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and
k. pi. 7 to 59).
(ant and “ nuktirithos ” wings signifying staying in the house, for if the wings are placed on
an ant-hill none of the ants will come out, Horap. ii. 60) ; “ irv i ” or “ irs6 ” or “ irshS ” habitation
; “ ir j ” bird, — The character occurs under the . . . . dyna.sty (Champ, gram. 371, 372).
, y „ pnsp ■ “ imtan ” or “ imton ” cessation, repose ;
(L e p s . d. ii. pi. 3. and k. pi. S to 67). ^
constellation Capricorn. ' T h e 'd raF c te r p e ; S ! ’' i 5 ™ ' ’ -^'''^'^tought to
From some mountainous distnct, j i g ^ s t a semidomesticated state, one
Egypt as early as the invention of wiitm , „nder the Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 6) ;
being a regular attendant on the herds of cattle fi-, to the Twelfth. In Switzerland
also undei- the Fourth and Fifth (^l°''''®'7 ctoricom descended occasionally or in winter to the base
during the Stone period, the ibex 01 cap ^ r s from debris of the earliest villages
f R E ; : : l t d ’h E d R 44a).’ The constellation “ capricornus ” is mentioned
b , Horace, th e« A I K by ^ , „ ¡ „ k , ,»
B S x x t s x x t s s r J S U i ’eri r : ; L ? R i = ( u p . . a.
1: „ . „ „ « o . , »
7 (“ animbnes " flower, s.gniffang P.^. „ .pjendour, brilliant, to bloom ;
H beautiful, splendid; phin 01 p y „ u * „ 1 , . , ^ - , ^ » o r “ t s h a f i ” or “ jevis ” malady ; — m
“ i f ip H r i ” it will bloom; “ iavi ” or “ occurs from the Third dynasty to Ee,.iieb, ,.,e p i.™ « U .a e y b e ro.e a a .rp a t T b , « »
“ e l r S l i S l o o ; o f a i D.‘! .i: i ,a ( o d b l Tr,e,f.b a , a „ . , to .bo E » .a o c o o , . . . .
(Lopa. a. ii. pl. t y ..) '' ( i d ii,'(,'e °„ S iia o oouotrles. A bina of f c f p , called in Greece Papaver hybridnm of the East “ J.q , y Coptic “ niman ” (Kirch.), and pos-
“ paparouna’’ (Fimas) in Egypt au , bridum was observed by Forskal, and Delile, at Alexans
ib ly th e “ anim6nes ffi'fftion b y u ^ekSn tr ite agriStira ” having according
dria on the Mediterranean bore . ^ . ^es and an oblonv capsule, is referred here by Fraas ;
to Dioscorides more powerful medicinal piop Grisebach as wild along the Propon-
P. hybridum, regarded by « ' f ^ ^ ' ^ 0 ) v is ob erved by Sibthorp, Chaubard, and
tis and ZEgean sea, and Reutei on Westward; is described by Gerarde,
Fraas. a weed only m cultivated f „blongo bispido ” by Tournefort inst. 238 ; and
E ' L l m i E z ) | a : d r E - . d s thr^ugboit middle Europe as far as Britain
Greece “ agriopaparouna” together with Anemone ftellata4 biimi.b^ana j ..
„ „ obooroob
OS ntkkile Eiu-ope (Jacq. austr pi. 354. aacl ' ( 7 , ,_ .,|,s ,r v e q by Doiile . io grain.fieids
S n g i o , e n f r ) J r ~ ^ ^ » ^ 0 , c 0 0 . , ,
V . ( . . . p o n . . i i . « y ( " 7 <“ ■ .“ 'iS gH i- fiJ g i-o S n
or viper, serpent r « bfb nkarn i deaf ,1 contriver, double-dealer ; « ffj ” or
” fi;;-k T g :ff,J $ « .» .b ‘ P G reeb (bo ‘cor r esp o n d ii ie.re.f « pbi.” T b . ebar.e.er oocnr. on dre
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