βύβλος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the Egyptian [[papyrus]], the [[root]] and triangular [[stalk]] of [[which]] were eaten by the [[poor]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> its [[fibrous]] coats, as [[prepared]] for ropes, Hdt.; cf. [[βύβλινος]].<br /><b class="num">3.</b> the [[outer]] [[coat]] of the [[papyrus]], used for [[writing]] on, [[hence]] in plural leaves of byblus, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> a [[paper]], [[book]], Hdt.; in [[this]] [[sense]] [[more]] [[commonly]] written [[βίβλος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]):—pl. βύβλα, τά, Anth.