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Coptŏs , i, f., = Κοπτός, Κοπτώ,
I.a trading town in the Thebaid, on the eastern side of the Nile, afterwards Justinianopolis, now Coft, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; Juv. 15, 28; Amm. 22, 16, 2; Itin. Ant. p. 165, 6 al.—Hence,
A. Coptis , tĭdis, adj. f., = Κοπτίς, of Coptos, Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 52.—
B. Coptītēs , ae, adj. m., = Κοπτίτης, of Coptos: “nomos,” that of which Coptos was the capital, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49.—
C. Coptītĭcus , a, um, adj., of Coptos, i. e. Egyptian: “adyta,” App. M. 2, p. 127, 11.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.52
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.49
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.60
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