"πάπυρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πάπυρος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pá.pyː.ros/, /ˈpa.py.ros/, /ˈpa.pi.ros/, /pá.pyː.ros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpa.py.ros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpa.py.ros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpa.py.ros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpa.pi.ros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from Egyptian, since writing on it is widely believed to have originated in Egypt, but no Egyptian cognate is known. Beekes notes that the suffix *-ῡρ- is reconstructed for Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{unknown|grc}} Unknown, {{der|grc|egy|-}} Egyptian, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|πᾰ́πῡρος|πᾰπῡ́ρου|m|second|g2=f}} πᾰ́πῡρος • (pápūros) m or f (genitive πᾰπῡ́ρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πᾰ́πῡρος|ου}} Forms: πᾰ́πῡρος [canonical], pápūros [romanization], πᾰπῡ́ρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ πᾰ́πῡρος [nominative, singular], τὼ πᾰπῡ́ρω [dual, nominative], οἱ πᾰ́πῡροι [nominative, plural], τοῦ πᾰπῡ́ρου [genitive, singular], τοῖν πᾰπῡ́ροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν πᾰπῡ́ρων [genitive, plural], τῷ πᾰπῡ́ρῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν πᾰπῡ́ροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς πᾰπῡ́ροις [dative, plural], τὸν πᾰ́πῡρον [accusative, singular], τὼ πᾰπῡ́ρω [accusative, dual], τοὺς πᾰπῡ́ρους [accusative, plural], πᾰ́πῡρε [singular, vocative], πᾰπῡ́ρω [dual, vocative], πᾰ́πῡροι [plural, vocative]
  1. the plant papyrus Derived forms: παπῡ́ρινος (papū́rinos)

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