βυβλίον in Ancient Greek

IPA: /by.blí.on/, /βyˈβli.on/, /viˈvli.on/, /by.blí.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /byˈbli.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /βyˈβli.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /vyˈvli.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /viˈvli.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|βύβλος>papyrus|-ιον>noun suffix|id=book}}, {{affix|grc|βύβλος|-ιον|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=papyrus}} βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|βυβλίου|n|second}} βυβλίον • (bublíon) n (genitive βυβλίου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βυβλίον|βυβλίου}} Forms: bublíon [romanization], βυβλίου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ βυβλῐ́ον [nominative, singular], βυβλῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ βυβλῐ́ᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ βυβλῐ́ου [genitive, singular], βυβλῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], βυβλῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ βυβλῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], βυβλῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς βυβλῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ βυβλῐ́ον [accusative, singular], βυβλῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ βυβλῐ́ᾰ [accusative, plural], βυβλῐ́ον [singular, vocative], βυβλῐ́ω [dual, vocative], βυβλῐ́ᾰ [plural, vocative], βιβλίον [alternative, Attic, Koine]

[Show JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▼] [Hide JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βύβλος>papyrus",
        "3": "-ιον>noun suffix",
        "id": "book"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βύβλος",
        "3": "-ιον",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "papyrus"
      },
      "expansion": "βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bublíon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλίου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ βυβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "tò bublĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ βυβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ bublĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ βυβλῐ́ου",
      "roman": "toû bublĭ́ou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́οιν",
      "roman": "bublĭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ων",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ βυβλῐ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi bublĭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́οιν",
      "roman": "bublĭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς βυβλῐ́οις",
      "roman": "toîs bublĭ́ois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ βυβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "tò bublĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ βυβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ bublĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "bublĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βιβλίον",
      "roman": "biblíon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Attic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βυβλίου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "βυβλίον • (bublíon) n (genitive βυβλίου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βυβλίον",
        "2": "βυβλίου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Strip of papyrus"
      ],
      "id": "en-βυβλίον-grc-noun-ot9HIm-3",
      "links": [
        [
          "papyrus",
          "papyrus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 55 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 55 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 54 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 68 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 56 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Small book, tablet, letter"
      ],
      "id": "en-βυβλίον-grc-noun-KCZcPBqt",
      "links": [
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ],
        [
          "tablet",
          "tablet"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any book or writing"
      ],
      "id": "en-βυβλίον-grc-noun-7oB7Nm3k"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/by.blí.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βyˈβli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/by.blí.on/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/byˈbli.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βyˈβli.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vyˈvli.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βυβλίον"
}

[Show JSON for raw wiktextract data ▼] [Hide JSON for raw wiktextract data ▲]

{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βύβλος>papyrus",
        "3": "-ιον>noun suffix",
        "id": "book"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βύβλος",
        "3": "-ιον",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "papyrus"
      },
      "expansion": "βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bublíon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλίου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ βυβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "tò bublĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ βυβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ bublĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ βυβλῐ́ου",
      "roman": "toû bublĭ́ou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́οιν",
      "roman": "bublĭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ων",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ βυβλῐ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi bublĭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́οιν",
      "roman": "bublĭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς βυβλῐ́οις",
      "roman": "toîs bublĭ́ois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ βυβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "tò bublĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ βυβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ bublĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "bublĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βυβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "bublĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βιβλίον",
      "roman": "biblíon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Attic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βυβλίου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "βυβλίον • (bublíon) n (genitive βυβλίου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βυβλίον",
        "2": "βυβλίου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Strip of papyrus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "papyrus",
          "papyrus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Small book, tablet, letter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ],
        [
          "tablet",
          "tablet"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any book or writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/by.blí.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βyˈβli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/by.blí.on/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/byˈbli.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βyˈβli.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vyˈvli.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βυβλίον"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.

"βυβλίον" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun