Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029

Monastic · Apophthegmata Patrum · sahidic · L0 witness · L1 Cairene · L2 Kemetic · English

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.029.syncletica.05

Attribution: Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.029.syncletica.05, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Davidson, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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7 lines · a line number is a link to itself

English: quoted translations are shown as they are, with their credit in the provenance; lines marked draft are language-model drafts made for this project (to be corrected), and alignment unchecked marks a quoted verse whose placement was not cross-checked. Check the Coptic before relying on any English line.

refL0 witnessL1 CaireneL2 KemeticEnglish
1Ⲁⲩ̇ϫ̇ⲛⲉⲧ̇ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ̇ⲁ ⲥⲩⲛⲕ̇ⲗⲏⲧⲓ̇ⲕⲏ · ϫⲉⲛⲉⲟⲩⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲉ̇ϥϫⲏⲕ ⲉ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲉ ⲧ̇ⲙⲛⲧ̇ⲁ̇ⲧϩ̇ⲛⲁⲁ̇ⲁⲩ ·ⲁⲩϫⲛⲉⲧ̀ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲥⲩⲛⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲕⲏ: ϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲟⲩⲁ̀ⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲉϥϫⲏⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲉ ⲧ̀ⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲁⲧϩⲛⲁⲁⲁⲩ:avgnet̀makaria sinklytiky: je neouàġaθon efjyk èvol te t̀m̀ntat·hnaaav:The blessed Syncletica was asked, 'Is poverty a perfect good?'
2ⲁ̇ⲥⲟⲩⲱ̇ϣⲃ̇ ϫⲉⲟⲩⲁ̇ⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲛ̇ϩⲟⲩⲟ̇ ⲡⲉ ⲉ̇ϥϫⲏⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̇ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲙⲛ̇ϭⲟⲙ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ·ⲁⲥⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲁ̀ⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥϫⲏⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ϫⲟⲙ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩ:aserouō je ouàġaθon ǹhouo pe efjyk èvol ǹnète m̀mon gom m̀mōou:She answered, 'It is an exceedingly perfect good for those who are incapable of it.
3Ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲓ̇ⲛⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ϩ̇ⲙⲡⲁⲓ̇ ⲟⲩⲛⲧⲁⲩ ⲙ̇ⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲑ̇ⲗⲓ̇ⲯⲓ̇ⲥ ϩⲛ̇ⲧ̇ⲥⲁⲣⲝ̇ ·ⲛⲉⲧⲁⲩϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲓⲛⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲟⲛⲧⲁⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲑ̀ⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲥⲁⲣⲝ:netavhipomine ġar xen fai ouontaou m̀mav ǹouθ̀lipsis xen t̀sarks:For those who bear this have suffering in the flesh,
4ϩⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ̇ⲧⲁⲩ ⲙ̇ⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲟⲩϩ̇ⲙⲟⲧ ·ⲻϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛⲧⲁⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ: ⲻxen t̀psiṡy ḋe ouontaou m̀mav ǹouh̀mot: ⲻbut they have grace in their soul.
5Ⲛⲑⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̇ϩ̇ⲛϩⲟⲓ̇ⲧⲉ ⲉ̇ⲩϫⲟⲟ̇ⲣ ⲉ̇ⲩϩⲱⲙ ⲉ̇ϫⲱⲟⲩ · ⲁⲩⲱ̇ ⲉ̇ⲩϣⲱⲙ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲟⲩⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲛϩⲟⲓⲧⲉ ⲉⲩϫⲟⲟⲣ ⲉⲩϩⲱⲙⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲟⲩ: ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲩϣⲱⲙ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩǹf̀ryti ġar ǹhanhoite evgoor evhōmi ègōou: ouoh evṡōm m̀mōouJust as clothing is strengthened by being beaten, and they wash it and twist it violently
6ϣⲁⲩⲧ̇ⲣⲉⲩⲕⲱⲧⲉ ϩⲛ̇ⲟⲩϫⲛⲁϩ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩⲟⲩⲃⲁϣ ·ϣⲁⲩⲑⲣⲉⲩⲕⲱϯ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲛⲁϩ ϣⲁⲧⲟⲩⲟⲩⲃⲁϣ:ṡavθrevkōti xen ougnah ṡatououvaṡ:until it turns white,
7ⲧⲁⲓ̇ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉ̇ⲧϫⲟⲟⲣ ϩⲛ̇ⲧⲙⲛⲧ̇ϩⲏⲕⲉ ϩⲁⲡⲉⲩϩ̇ⲧⲟⲣ ⲉ̇ϣⲁⲩⲁ̇ⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲛ̇ϩⲟⲩⲟ̇ ·ⲻⲑⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉⲧϫⲟⲟⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲙⲉⲧϩⲏⲕⲓ ϧⲁ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲧⲟⲣ ⲁⲣⲉϣⲁⲩⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲛ̀ϩⲟⲩⲟ: ⲻθai te f̀ryti ǹt̀psiṡy etgoor xen t̀met·hyki xa pouhtor areṡavamahte ǹhouo: ⲻin this way the soul is strengthened through poverty, and by necessity they prevail all the more.'

Provenance

L0 witness

title
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029
dialect
sahidic
source
Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.029.syncletica.05
licence
CC-BY 4.0
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attribution
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.029.syncletica.05, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Davidson, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation
segmentation gold · tagging gold · parsing gold (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.2.0, 2025-11-25)
file
Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.029.syncletica.05.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt

L1 Cairene

title
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029 — Cairene
dialect
bohairic
source
generated from AP.029.syncletica.05.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.029.syncletica.05)
licence
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attribution
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.029.syncletica.05, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Davidson, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation
segmentation gold · tagging gold · parsing gold (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.2.0, 2025-11-25)
generated by
tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier a, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: editorial_kept=2 th_resolved=2 tokens=50
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Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.029.syncletica.05.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt

L2 Kemetic

title
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029 — Kemetic
dialect
bohairic
source
generated from AP.029.syncletica.05.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.029.syncletica.05, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Davidson, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation
segmentation gold · tagging gold · parsing gold (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.2.0, 2025-11-25)
generated by
tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file
Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.029.syncletica.05.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt

English

what it is
DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
lines
7 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from
Elizabeth Davidson — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM AP, AP.029.syncletica.05 (7 lines)

Cite as:

Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.029.syncletica.05. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/monastic/apophthegmata-patrum/ap.029.syncletica.05.sahidic.scriptorium/. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 029 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.029.syncletica.05, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Davidson, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

What the layers are

L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).
L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.