"βιβλίον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See βιβλίον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bi.blí.on/, /βiˈβli.on/, /viˈvli.on/, /bi.blí.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /biˈbli.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /βiˈβli.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /viˈvli.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /viˈvli.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Attic corruption, possibly by assimilation, of Ancient Greek βυβλίον (bublíon). Etymology templates: {{m+|grc|βυβλίον}} Ancient Greek βυβλίον (bublíon) Head templates: {{grc-noun|βῐβλῐ́ου|n|second|head=βῐβλῐ́ον}} βῐβλῐ́ον • (bĭblĭ́on) n (genitive βῐβλῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βῐβλῐ́ον|ου}} Forms: βῐβλῐ́ον [canonical], bĭblĭ́on [romanization], βῐβλῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ βῐβλῐ́ον [nominative, singular], τὼ βῐβλῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ βῐβλῐ́ᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ βῐβλῐ́ου [genitive, singular], τοῖν βῐβλῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν βῐβλῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ βῐβλῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν βῐβλῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς βῐβλῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ βῐβλῐ́ον [accusative, singular], τὼ βῐβλῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ βῐβλῐ́ᾰ [accusative, plural], βῐβλῐ́ον [singular, vocative], βῐβλῐ́ω [dual, vocative], βῐβλῐ́ᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. Strip of papyrus
    Sense id: en-βιβλίον-grc-noun-ot9HIm-3
  2. Small book, tablet, letter Categories (topical): Books
    Sense id: en-βιβλίον-grc-noun-KCZcPBqt Disambiguation of Books: 12 50 39 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 27 46 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 38 49 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 68 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 57 35
  3. Any book or writing
    Sense id: en-βιβλίον-grc-noun-7oB7Nm3k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: βῐβλῐογραφῐ́ᾱ (bĭblĭographĭ́ā), βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φος (bĭblĭogrắphos), βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος (bĭblĭokắpēlos), βῐβλῐοπηγός (bĭblĭopēgós), βῐβλῐοπώλης (bĭblĭopṓlēs), βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ (bĭblĭophŭ́lăx)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bĭblĭographĭ́ā",
      "word": "βῐβλῐογραφῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bĭblĭogrắphos",
      "word": "βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bĭblĭokắpēlos",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bĭblĭopēgós",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοπηγός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bĭblĭopṓlēs",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοπώλης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăx",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "βιβλίο"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: βιβλίο (vivlío)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: βιβλίο (vivlío)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-mar",
            "2": "вивли́о"
          },
          "expansion": "Mariupol Greek: вивли́о (vivlío)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mariupol Greek: вивли́о (vivlío)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "biblio-",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: biblio-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: biblio-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Biblia",
            "3": "biblia",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq": "via plural"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Biblia, biblia (via plural)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Biblia, biblia (via plural)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βυβλίον"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βυβλίον (bublíon)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attic corruption, possibly by assimilation, of Ancient Greek βυβλίον (bublíon).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ον",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bĭblĭ́on",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ου",
      "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 βῐβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "tò bĭblĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭblĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ βῐβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ bĭblĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ βῐβλῐ́ου",
      "roman": "toû bĭblĭ́ou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐβλῐ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭblĭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βῐβλῐ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn bĭblĭ́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ βῐβλῐ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi bĭblĭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐβλῐ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭblĭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς βῐβλῐ́οις",
      "roman": "toîs bĭblĭ́ois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ βῐβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "tò bĭblĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭblĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ βῐβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ bĭblĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "bĭblĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "bĭblĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "bĭblĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῐβλῐ́ου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "βῐβλῐ́ον"
      },
      "expansion": "βῐβλῐ́ον • (bĭblĭ́on) n (genitive βῐβλῐ́ου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῐβλῐ́ον",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Strip of papyrus"
      ],
      "id": "en-βιβλίον-grc-noun-ot9HIm-3",
      "links": [
        [
          "papyrus",
          "papyrus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 46 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 49 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 68 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 57 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 50 39",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Books",
          "orig": "grc:Books",
          "parents": [
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Small book, tablet, letter"
      ],
      "id": "en-βιβλίον-grc-noun-KCZcPBqt",
      "links": [
        [
          "tablet",
          "tablet"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any book or writing"
      ],
      "id": "en-βιβλίον-grc-noun-7oB7Nm3k"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.blí.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βiˈβli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.blí.on/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈbli.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βiˈβli.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βιβλίον"
}
{
  "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 with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Books"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bĭblĭographĭ́ā",
      "word": "βῐβλῐογραφῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bĭblĭogrắphos",
      "word": "βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bĭblĭokắpēlos",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bĭblĭopēgós",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοπηγός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bĭblĭopṓlēs",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοπώλης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăx",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "βιβλίο"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: βιβλίο (vivlío)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: βιβλίο (vivlío)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-mar",
            "2": "вивли́о"
          },
          "expansion": "Mariupol Greek: вивли́о (vivlío)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mariupol Greek: вивли́о (vivlío)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "biblio-",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: biblio-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: biblio-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Biblia",
            "3": "biblia",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq": "via plural"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Biblia, biblia (via plural)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Biblia, biblia (via plural)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βυβλίον"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βυβλίον (bublíon)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attic corruption, possibly by assimilation, of Ancient Greek βυβλίον (bublíon).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ον",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bĭblĭ́on",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ου",
      "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 βῐβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "tò bĭblĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭblĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ βῐβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ bĭblĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ βῐβλῐ́ου",
      "roman": "toû bĭblĭ́ou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐβλῐ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭblĭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βῐβλῐ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn bĭblĭ́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ βῐβλῐ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi bĭblĭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐβλῐ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭblĭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς βῐβλῐ́οις",
      "roman": "toîs bĭblĭ́ois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ βῐβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "tò bĭblĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭblĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ βῐβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ bĭblĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ον",
      "roman": "bĭblĭ́on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ω",
      "roman": "bĭblĭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "bĭblĭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῐβλῐ́ου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "βῐβλῐ́ον"
      },
      "expansion": "βῐβλῐ́ον • (bĭblĭ́on) n (genitive βῐβλῐ́ου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῐβλῐ́ον",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "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": [
        [
          "tablet",
          "tablet"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any book or writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.blí.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βiˈβli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.blí.on/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈbli.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βiˈβli.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈvli.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βιβλίον"
}

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