"βύβλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See βύβλος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bý.blos/, /ˈβy.βlos/, /ˈvi.vlos/, /bý.blos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈby.blos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈβy.βlos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈvy.vlos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈvi.vlos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Traditionally derived from Βύβλος (Búblos, “Byblos (ancient city)”) (whence it was imported). However, it has been suggested that the town was named after this word rather than the other way around (which would render the Semitic etymologies given for the town name as folk etymology), and that the word is of Pre-Greek origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|βῠ́βλος|βῠ́βλου|f|second}} βῠ́βλος • (búblos) f (genitive βῠ́βλου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βῠ́βλος|ου|form=F}} Forms: βῠ́βλος [canonical], búblos [romanization], βῠ́βλου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἡ βῠ́βλος [nominative, singular], τὼ βῠ́βλω [dual, nominative], αἱ βῠ́βλοι [nominative, plural], τῆς βῠ́βλου [genitive, singular], τοῖν βῠ́βλοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν βῠ́βλων [genitive, plural], τῇ βῠ́βλῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν βῠ́βλοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς βῠ́βλοις [dative, plural], τὴν βῠ́βλον [accusative, singular], τὼ βῠ́βλω [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς βῠ́βλους [accusative, plural], βῠ́βλε [singular, vocative], βῠ́βλω [dual, vocative], βῠ́βλοι [plural, vocative]
  1. papyrus (both in reference to the plant and writings using the paper-like material derived from the plant) Categories (lifeform): Sedges, Water plants
    Sense id: en-βύβλος-grc-noun-xsitNsNY Disambiguation of Sedges: 96 4 Disambiguation of Water plants: 95 5 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. book
    Sense id: en-βύβλος-grc-noun-knGf4M-M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: βῐ́βλος (bíblos) [Attic] Derived forms: βύβλινος (búblinos), βυβλίον (bublíon)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "búblinos",
      "word": "βύβλινος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bublíon",
      "word": "βυβλίον"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Traditionally derived from Βύβλος (Búblos, “Byblos (ancient city)”) (whence it was imported). However, it has been suggested that the town was named after this word rather than the other way around (which would render the Semitic etymologies given for the town name as folk etymology), and that the word is of Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "búblos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ βῠ́βλος",
      "roman": "hē búblos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῠ́βλω",
      "roman": "tṑ búblō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ βῠ́βλοι",
      "roman": "hai búbloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βῠ́βλου",
      "roman": "tês búblou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῠ́βλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn búbloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βῠ́βλων",
      "roman": "tôn búblōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βῠ́βλῳ",
      "roman": "têi búblōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῠ́βλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn búbloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βῠ́βλοις",
      "roman": "taîs búblois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βῠ́βλον",
      "roman": "tḕn búblon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῠ́βλω",
      "roman": "tṑ búblō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βῠ́βλους",
      "roman": "tā̀s búblous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλε",
      "roman": "búble",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλω",
      "roman": "búblō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλοι",
      "roman": "búbloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῠ́βλος",
        "2": "βῠ́βλου",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "βῠ́βλος • (búblos) f (genitive βῠ́βλου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῠ́βλος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Sedges",
          "orig": "grc:Sedges",
          "parents": [
            "Commelinids",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Water plants",
          "orig": "grc:Water plants",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "papyrus (both in reference to the plant and writings using the paper-like material derived from the plant)"
      ],
      "id": "en-βύβλος-grc-noun-xsitNsNY",
      "links": [
        [
          "papyrus",
          "papyrus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "book"
      ],
      "id": "en-βύβλος-grc-noun-knGf4M-M",
      "links": [
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bý.blos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβy.βlos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.vlos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bý.blos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈby.blos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβy.βlos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvy.vlos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.vlos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bíblos",
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ],
      "word": "βῐ́βλος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βύβλος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Sedges",
    "grc:Water plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "búblinos",
      "word": "βύβλινος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bublíon",
      "word": "βυβλίον"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Traditionally derived from Βύβλος (Búblos, “Byblos (ancient city)”) (whence it was imported). However, it has been suggested that the town was named after this word rather than the other way around (which would render the Semitic etymologies given for the town name as folk etymology), and that the word is of Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "búblos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ βῠ́βλος",
      "roman": "hē búblos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῠ́βλω",
      "roman": "tṑ búblō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ βῠ́βλοι",
      "roman": "hai búbloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βῠ́βλου",
      "roman": "tês búblou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῠ́βλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn búbloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βῠ́βλων",
      "roman": "tôn búblōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βῠ́βλῳ",
      "roman": "têi búblōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῠ́βλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn búbloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βῠ́βλοις",
      "roman": "taîs búblois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βῠ́βλον",
      "roman": "tḕn búblon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῠ́βλω",
      "roman": "tṑ búblō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βῠ́βλους",
      "roman": "tā̀s búblous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλε",
      "roman": "búble",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλω",
      "roman": "búblō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῠ́βλοι",
      "roman": "búbloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῠ́βλος",
        "2": "βῠ́βλου",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "βῠ́βλος • (búblos) f (genitive βῠ́βλου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῠ́βλος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "papyrus (both in reference to the plant and writings using the paper-like material derived from the plant)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "papyrus",
          "papyrus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "book"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bý.blos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβy.βlos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.vlos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bý.blos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈby.blos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβy.βlos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvy.vlos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.vlos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bíblos",
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ],
      "word": "βῐ́βλος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βύβλος"
}

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