dỉ.t šm

Egyptian verb

Last edited: 2023-12-15
Primary meaning to give sign
Literal translation to give sign
Variants
dỉ.t šm
ⲧⲓ Ⳅⲉⲙ ϯ ϣⲉⲙ Old Coptic
Edited by

to give sign astrological concept

Refers to planet giving the native a forecast; constructed with dative.

ⲁϥϬⲱⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲺ ⲥⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ ⲧⲓ ⲛⲉϥ Ⳅⲉⲙ ...

‘If he had a beneficent star giving him a sign ...’

— P.Lond. 98

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 95

J. Černý, P.E. Kahle, and R.A. Parker, 1957, The Old Coptic Horoscope, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 43, 86-100. 88; 98


External links
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). dỉ.t šm (Lemma #396). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/396/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). dỉ.t šm (Lemma #396). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/396/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). dỉ.t šm (Lemma #396). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/396/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) dỉ.t šm (Lemma #396), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/396/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac396,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {dỉ.t šm ({Lemma} #396)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/396/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/396/},
}