papyrus
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
V. βύβλος, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
păpȳrus: i, m. and f., and păpȳ-rum, i, n., = πάπυρος,
I the paper-reed, papyrus.
I Lit.: papyrum ergo nascitur in palustribus Aegypti, aut quiescentibus Nili aquis ... triangulis lateribus, decem non amplius cubitorum longitudine in gracilitatem fastigatum, Plin. 13, 11, 22, § 71: in Euphrate, id. 13, 11, 22, § 73. Ships were made of it, id. ib.; Luc. 4, 136: in vasis papyri super aquas, Vulg. Isa. 18, 2; and sails and cordage from its bark, Cels. 5, 28, 12; Col. 6, 6, 4; Pall. 3, 33; also shoes, Mart. Cap. 2, § 115; Tert. Carm. ad Sen. 22; and wicks, Veg. Vet. 2, 57; the roots were used instead of wood, Plin. 13, 11, 22, § 72; and likewise for funeral piles, Mart. 10, 97, 1.—
II Transf.
A A garment made from the bark of the papyrus: succinctus patriā papyro, Juv. 4, 24.—
B Paper made of papyrus-stalk (cf.: liber, charta), Juv. 7, 101; Cat. 35, 1; Mart. 3, 2, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
papȳrus, ī, f. u. papȳrum, ī, n. (πάπυρος), I) die Papierstaude in Ägypten (Cyperus Papyrus, L.), aus deren Holze man Schiffe, aus deren Baste Segel, Kleider, Stricke, Bänder und aus dem innersten Baste Papier machte, Sen. u.a.: zu Scheiterhaufen gebraucht, Mart. – II) meton.: A) ein Kleid aus Papyrusbast, Iuven. 4, 24. – B) das aus Papyrusbast bereitete Papier, zum Schreiben, Catull. 35, 2: zum Einwickeln, Mart. 3, 2, 4. – C) der Docht, Paulin. Mart. 23, 118. Greg. Tur. u.a.
