iiHhí!
m .
“ ja k s ” to border or fringe ; “ jèkas ” or “ jèkèés ” so that ; “ x èlsó l” or “ sè lsò l” to orna-
' ment, adorn ; “ sèlsòl ” or “ sélsòl ” or “ sèlsSl ” to be comforted ; “ ouxas ” consolation. — The
9 llrst character occurs in the Book of the Dead xxxvi. 99. t i . The second character occurs under
the . . . . dynasty (Champ, diet. 18).
“ xour ” ring ; “ kdrks ” ring, chain ; “ askis ” fetter ; “ xal6s ” timid ; “ thax ” or “ thoks ”
” or “ thoux ” to pierce, fix firmly in. — The character occurs as early as the Fifth dynasty (Leps.
d. ii. pl. 66 and 79).
/ ’— K “ x ome ” or “ xone ” dish, platter; “ xiraks ” barley-gruel ; “ téks ” to cook, add into;
“ tshlox ” a spit or pole ; “ lix ” secret place. — The character occurs from the Third dynasty
to the Ptolemies (Leps. d. ii. pl. 3, and k. pl. 7 to 56)- A second form °cctirs under the
Twelfth dynasty (pyramid at Dashour, Vyse iii.).
o, its pervading meaning open ; the e.xclamation o ! or oh !, uttered on enlightenment.
CX “ soouhS ” or “ sóóuhi ” egg, “ sóóuhé ” probation ; “ 66 ” or “ 66s ” to conceive ; “ 6 ” or “ 5 ”
o b “ 5i ” to be, “ do ” or “ doi ” I am ; “ 6nh ” or “ ònah ” or “ onh ” or “ 5ng ” to live ; “ orj ” inclosed ;
“ ôuôh ” otto
guard ;
“ òuòSh” to cover, dwell; “ onh ” habitation Brf” or “ orv ” or “ orèv ” or “ ó rèv j’
ò s a ” contempt; “ o v tsh ” or “ optsh ” to neglect, contemn; “ 5tp ” seclusion in
Greek “ 65n,” in Latin “ ovum,” egg. The character occurs from the Seventeenth dynasty to the end
of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. iii. pl. 25, and k. pl. 25 to 67).
:** “ òuòtsh ” interval of time or space ; “ hro ” or “ kr5 ” beach, shore; “ ouostn” or “ ouStshs ”
9 breadth, to dilate; “ phòji” or “ p h ò g ” or “ pooh” or “ 5u6tsh ” fissure, to burst, be cloven;
“ ouStèn ” or “ òuòtvé ” hole ; “ ouót ” or “ òuótan ” or “ óuòtèn ” to perforate, go through ; “ ontsh ”
to make an end, finish ; “ óuò ” to evacuate. — The character occurs under the Eighteenth dynasty
(sarcoph. of king Her, Champ, diet. 449, tomb Brit, mus., Buns, and Birch).
^ (hare “ lagòòn ” signifying “ anoixin” act of opening; for the animal has its eyes .always
open, Horap. i. 26) ; “ ouon” or “ óuón ” to open, “ 5u6n ” act of opening. — The character
occurs from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. cl. ii. pl. 3 , and k. pl. S to 62).
The hare, Lepus timidus, is remarkable among small defenceless quadrupeds for avoiding concealment;
passing its whole life on the open plain. Is enumerated by Clot-Bey as called “ arneb ”
in Egypt, and differing “ by the colour of its fur and length of its ears and hind fe e t” from the hare
of Europe. . .. x « x- 1 • „
(eaMet signifying roundish “ kukloethon ” and producing males, Horap. 11. 2) ; so0 ii
crowiT of the head ; “ oik ” gibbous or convex, “ 61k ” to be incurved, bowed down ; “ ouoj ”
wBole safe; “ óuòtsht” incurving, adoration, to adore; “ 6tsh ” to vow, invoke, promise ; “ ouStsh”
or òtsh ” voluntary ; “ 5rf ” religious ; “ j6 ” hymn or song, “ j6 ” to pipe or sing. — The character
occurs under the Fourth dynasty, also in the Book of the Dead, and continues in use undei the
Twenty-ninth (Leps. d, ii. pl. 28, and k. pl. 29 to 50). • „ a xu
(the sun called “ 6ròs ” by the Egyptians, because it rules the hours, Horap. 1. 17) ; re^ or
^ “ r é ” sun- “ ounoouS ” or “ ounòoué” hours ; “ tòòui ” in the morning ; “ óuòèin ” light ; “ ho5u ”
day - “ ho ” o’r “ tho ” aspect ; “ 6 ! ” o ! or oh ! ; — in Hebrew “ awr ” light, to illuminate, shine ; in
Greek “ Ó ' ” in Latin “ oh ! ” , in English o I or oh I . The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty
to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. k. pl. 5 to 66) : is also an ancient if not the original form
of the sixteenth Phoenician and Hebrew letter “ iyn,” the Greek “ o-mikron,” and the Latin and
Western O. , , -r-i 1
“ onh ” demonstration ; “ Suonh ” to shine, “ óuònli ” to be made manifest. — The character
occurs under the Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pl. s).
“ oust ” like as, the same, “ 6u6t ” crude, uncooked ; “ ooutsh ” or “ óóutsh ” pottage ; “ orvé
cake of bread; “ ó é ik ” or “ òò è ik ” or “ 6 ik ” bread ; “ jò j ” unleavened bread ; “ jò j ” or sh osh ”
“j 6fj67” T r ’“ j6fj£f” to cook; — in English, the phrase “ the egg is full of dough.” The character
occurs as early as the . . . . dynasty, and continues in use until the end of hieroglyphic writing
(Leps. d iv. p l 54). A second form ^ occurs from the Nineteenth dynasty to the end of hiero-
glvphic writing (Leps. k. pl. 35, and 561064).
' Ervum lens of the Uralian plains ? Called in Britain letitil, m France “ lentille (Nugent), in
Germany “ linse,” in Italy “ lente ” (Lenz), in Illyrian “ socivika,” in Russian “ tschetschevitza ” (A.
Dec.), in Greece “ phake ” (Sibth ), in Egypt “ a’ds ” apparently from the Egyptian “ 6outsh pottage,
the plant being called in Egyptian “ artshin ” or “ artshan ” — (transl. Ezek iv. 9, ms. Borg.,
and Zoeo- p 651) : E. lens continuing abundantly cultivated in Egypt, the general use of red lentil
pottage,"such as caused Esau to be called Edom (Gen. xxv. 30 to 34) is very striking: the “ othsh ’
is also mentioned in 2 Sam. xvii. 28, xxxiii. 11, and Ezekiel iv. 9. Farther North, the “ pliakos or
“ phake ” is mentioned by Aristophanes vesp. 821, Theophrastus, Dioscorides, and Athenaeus iv. 47 ;
is identified in Syn. Diosc. with the “ IgntSm ” or “ Hntikoulam ” of the Romans ; the “ lentim ” or
“ lens ” is mentioned by Cato 34, Virgil, Columella, Pliny, and the “ lenticula ” by Palladius vii, 3 : E.
1 1 i
served by Geoigi in Southe J u iv a te d vround • by Lenz, under the same circumstances in
and Koch),’ where it is regarded by A.^ Decandolle as not
3 ’ ' Eastward was unknown in Hindustan at the time of Alexander’s visit (Iheophr. iv. 4),
(Ro4 ancriidd.) ; but is cultivated at present even in Bengal (A. Dec.), is
has no Sansc « ( masur ” (D ’roz.), in the environs of Bombay mus-
(Is th oE h "ouMit from Egypt) but continuing “ commonly cultivated ” (Graham). Imported
fonTils S-e occ3 onalT;3 lJ in N o r t l l i s t America, but I am not aware of any attempts at cultivation.
“ E. nigricans JjUtS i ‘ J
0 0 o B e e A s and breaks two of them, being unable from losing its nails tp rear three >-oung,
EI n E “ JifonS n or “ tsh6ni ” or “ ni6tj6v ” or “ mStlfov ” infirmity ; “ m£tli6 6vol y . m.s-
Pforap. . 9^4) - J . a » to be affected with sorrow, compunction ; “ okSm 01 okm
■ „ u I a Bnt ” nr “ out ” to bear ; — in English, “ the two horns of a dilemma. 1 he
dfar'acter4 3 s4 ! ’earlyEs the F olr th dynasty (Leps. k. pl. 7). A second form x .
the Eio-hteenth and Nineteenth dynasties (Leps. d. 111. pl. 55, M4)- A third foim X
^ Horap ii ->7) ; “ bvia ” near; “ 6p ” lot, allotment, accounts, vote_^; hi-6p to cast lo ts ,
“ han-6p” betrothed ; - i n English, “ foe two horns « ^ folemmm ^
A second form
(Leps. d. iii. pl.
Ptolemies (Leps.
The character occurs
occurs under
55). A fourth
d iii. pl. 148,
“ ôuôhm ” again, to do again ; “ ôuMié ”
as early as the Fourth dynasty (Leps. k. pl. y .
the Eighteenth dynasty ; together with a third
form occurs from the Nineteenth dynasty to foe
and iv. p l 13)- _ „ .
“ ñ s r ” o r “ 5 u o s r ” o r “ v o s ë r ” o a r ; “ o n a g a i n , --------- - o - - , .
X g r “ ôuôôhë ” or “ ôuôhë ” or “ ôuôhi ” or “ 5hi ” fisher ; “ ôjër ” to hold oir, ly rsy vy rey ^ oorj
/ .f fo S te ." “ ■ô3 ’’’4 4 3 l l l ‘4 ' 3 t4 ! E 4 l ô i ; h ’4 old, 4 gi- 3 cold ; “ ôjn ’’’ to perish ; ‘J j p ’’
branch ; and branches of trees similar to the above figure, were observed by myself used for rowing
rafts o f earthen ja r s on the Nile
“ h6 id ” farm; “ ohi ” or “ oh£ ” or
“ ô s sh ” plain, De se rt; “ k ô i ”
plain, field ; “ hoi ' or ‘ ôohë ” or “ iohi ” or “ ôuiohi ”
fiekl flocks, cattle-fold ; “ sdoliS ” or “ sd6h£ ” cultivated field ;
óuòi o u o iig ” cultivator, tiller oS. the soil. - The character occurs ’ ôuôi ” ” or “ “ ôuôi 0UÓ1 ” " or “ ôuôië ouoie ••” 01 or
uuu«-ic . t n d l H
from the Fourth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. 11. p l 10, • 1 • S )■
b lb o o l “ l/nó kèphalòn” standing with hands raised and the ‘^ ^ lem of r o y l t y on he
head sio-nifying foe moon rising ; for both sun and moon have a shaie in Ifoht, Horap. .
‘ Ì 3 ‘‘3 “ 56h ” or “ 65U ” moon ; “ onk to rise, increase. - The character occurs as
pnrh, TS tlip ’ dvnastv (fisr- Brit, mus.. Buns, and Birch). „ v , „
3 3 ^ 3 g , i g „ oE u p f g L " ” esophagus ; “ tshóuòvé ” or “ tshvSvi ” throat ; omk or ‘ 5mk
t ¥ to swallow - “ o j i ” limit, end. - The two characters occur as early as the . . -^ d yna st)
also in foe Book of foe Dead and on a sarcophagus now m the British museum (Buns, and
f jB " ’ i n t y si,
i : ; i '.7 :4 ” « 7 ;VC;,, z l z - g ^ , . , 0 . « t .,« 0 , ™ » o » ,™
-1 1 ” n hunt • “ n i s é ” 01'“ ” to cook ; — m Greek pera wallet oi pio\i
i ^ ,1 /T J u in n l n7l.
well known there. In Palestine, the “ phrish ” or flea is mentioned ,n the history of Saul (. Sam, xxiv.
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