βύβλος

English (LSJ)

and βίβλος (v. sub fin.), ἡ,

   A the Egyptian papyrus, Cyperus Papyrus, Hdt.2.92, A.Supp.761, Str.17.1.15: in pl., stalks of papyrus, PTeb.308.7 (ii A. D.).    2 rind enclosing the pith of this plant, Thphr.HP4.8.4, etc.: generally, bark, φελλῶν καὶ βύβλων Pl.Plt. 288e, cf. Hdt.2.96, Plot.2.7.2.    b in pl., slices of the pith used as writing-material, Hdt.5.58, Hermipp.63.13: sg., strip of β., βύβλον εὐρύναντες ἀντὶ διαδήματος Ph.2.522.    3 roll of papyrus, book, Hdt.2.100, A.Supp.947, etc.: heterocl. pl., βύβλα, τά, AP9.98 (Stat. Flacc.); esp. of sacred or magical writings, βίβλων ὅμαδον Μουσαίου καὶ Ὀρφέως Pl.R.364e, cf. D.18.259, Act.Ap.19.19, PPar.19.1 (ii A. D.); ἱεραί β. OGI56.70 (Canopus, iii B. C.); β. ἱερατική PTeb.291.43 (ii A. D.); so of the Scriptures, ἡ β. γενέσεως οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς LXX Ge.2.4, etc.; ἡ β. the Sacred Writings, Aristeas 316; β. Μωυσέως, ψαλμῶν, προφητῶν, Ev.Marc.12.26, Act.Ap.1.20, 7.42; β. ζωῆς Ep.Phil.4.3: pl., of magical books, Act.Ap.19.19.    4 a division of a book, Plb.4.87.12, D.S.1.4, etc.; αἱ β. the nine books of Hdt., Luc. Herod.1.    II β. στεφανωτρίς flowering head of papyrus, Theopomp. Hist.22c, Plu.Ages.36. [ῠ, A.Supp.761.] (βύβλος, βύβλινος, βυβλίον, etc., are the original forms: βιβλ-seems to have arisen in Attic by assimilation in βιβλίον, and is found in earlier Attic Inscrr., cf. IG2.1b, etc., and prevails in Ptolemaic papyri; Inscrr. vary, βυβλία Test.Epict.8.32 (iii/ii B. C.); βιβλία IG5(1).1390.12 (Andania, i B. C.); in Roman times βυβλ- was restored.)