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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: The Egyptian papyrus, <b class="b2">Cyperus Papyrus</b>, <b class="b2">its stalks, bark, roll, paper</b> (Hdt.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">βίβλος</b>, <b class="b3">βὶμβλις</b>; <b class="b3">Βίμβλινος</b> (or <b class="b3">-ινων</b>) <b class="b3">εἶδος οἴνου καὶ γένος ἀμπέλου ἐν Θρᾳκῃ καὶ ὁ παλαιὸς οἶνος</b>. <b class="b3">Ε᾽πίχαρμος δε ἀπ</b>' <b class="b3">ὀρῶν Βιβλίνων</b>. <b class="b3">ἔστι δε Θρᾳκης</b> H.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βύβλινος</b> (Od.), <b class="b3">βίβλινος</b> (Pap.) <b class="b2">made of p.</b>; (both) also a kind of wine, s. DELG; also <b class="b3">βίμβλινος</b> (LSJSup.and H., s. above). <b class="b3">βυβλιά</b> (accent s. Wackernagel-Debrunner Phil. 95, 191f.) <b class="b2">plantation of p.</b> (Tab. Heracl.; but s. Scheller Oxytonierung 47). - <b class="b3">βυβλίον</b>, <b class="b3">βιβλίον</b> ( s. Kretschmer KZ 57, 253 A.) [[paper]], [[book]] (Ion.-Att.). <b class="b3">βιβλίδιον</b> with strange long [[i]]. <b class="b3">βίμβλις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> <b class="b2">cords of β.</b>, cf. <b class="b3">βιβλίδες τὰ βιβλία η σχοινία τὰ ἐκ βίβλου πεπλεγμένα</b> (EM 197, 30).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: The papyrusrind was supposedly called after the Phoenician harbour Byblos, from where it was brought to Greece. But as this town was Phoen. [[Gbl]], Acc. [[Gublu]], Hebr. [[Gebal]] the Greek form is difficult to understand. E. Masson, Emprunts 101-7 concludes that the word is of unknown origin and the town was called after it. Objections by Hemmerdinger, Glotta 48 (1970) 253 (unclear). Therefore Alessio Studi etr. 18 (1944) 122f. assumed that the word was Pre-Gr. Furnée 364 gives evidence for <b class="b3">υ</b>\/<b class="b3">ι</b> in Pre-Greek (the forms with <b class="b3">-ι-</b> appears to be old, not due to late assimilation; cf. Kretchmer, KZ 57, 253). Pre-Greek origin is also strongly suggested by the prenasalised forms (hardly expressive). - Cf. <b class="b3">πάπυρος</b>.<br />See also: s. [[βίβλος]].
|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: The Egyptian papyrus, <b class="b2">Cyperus Papyrus</b>, <b class="b2">its stalks, bark, roll, paper</b> (Hdt.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">βίβλος</b>, <b class="b3">βὶμβλις</b>; <b class="b3">Βίμβλινος</b> (or <b class="b3">-ινων</b>) <b class="b3">εἶδος οἴνου καὶ γένος ἀμπέλου ἐν Θρᾳκῃ καὶ ὁ παλαιὸς οἶνος</b>. <b class="b3">Ε᾽πίχαρμος δε ἀπ</b>' <b class="b3">ὀρῶν Βιβλίνων</b>. <b class="b3">ἔστι δε Θρᾳκης</b> H.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βύβλινος</b> (Od.), <b class="b3">βίβλινος</b> (Pap.) <b class="b2">made of p.</b>; (both) also a kind of wine, s. DELG; also <b class="b3">βίμβλινος</b> (LSJSup.and H., s. above). <b class="b3">βυβλιά</b> (accent s. Wackernagel-Debrunner Phil. 95, 191f.) <b class="b2">plantation of p.</b> (Tab. Heracl.; but s. Scheller Oxytonierung 47). - <b class="b3">βυβλίον</b>, <b class="b3">βιβλίον</b> ( s. Kretschmer KZ 57, 253 A.) [[paper]], [[book]] (Ion.-Att.). <b class="b3">βιβλίδιον</b> with strange long [[i]]. <b class="b3">βίμβλις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> <b class="b2">cords of β.</b>, cf. <b class="b3">βιβλίδες τὰ βιβλία η σχοινία τὰ ἐκ βίβλου πεπλεγμένα</b> (EM 197, 30).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: The papyrusrind was supposedly called after the Phoenician harbour Byblos, from where it was brought to Greece. But as this town was Phoen. [[Gbl]], Acc. [[Gublu]], Hebr. [[Gebal]] the Greek form is difficult to understand. E. Masson, Emprunts 101-7 concludes that the word is of unknown origin and the town was called after it. Objections by Hemmerdinger, Glotta 48 (1970) 253 (unclear). Therefore Alessio Studi etr. 18 (1944) 122f. assumed that the word was Pre-Gr. Furnée 364 gives evidence for <b class="b3">υ</b>\/<b class="b3">ι</b> in Pre-Greek (the forms with <b class="b3">-ι-</b> appears to be old, not due to late assimilation; cf. Kretchmer, KZ 57, 253). Pre-Greek origin is also strongly suggested by the prenasalised forms (hardly expressive). - Cf. <b class="b3">πάπυρος</b>.<br />See also: s. [[βίβλος]].
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|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 pl. leaves of byblus, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> a [[paper]], [[book]], Hdt.; in [[this]] [[sense]] [[more]] [[commonly]] written [[βίβλος]] (q. v.):—pl. βύβλα, τά, Anth.
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