πάπυρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], ὁ</b> and ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[papyrus]], [[Cyperus Papyrus]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.8.2</span>, Dsc.1.86, Porph. ap. <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>3.7</span>, etc.; as food, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>91.8</span>, <span class="bibl">96.40</span> (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[linen]], [[cord]], etc., <b class="b2">made of it</b>, AP6.249 (Antip.), <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>30.5, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>13.72</span>, etc. [Prop., as in <span class="title">Anacreont.</span> l.c. and Latin poets, but in <span class="title">AP</span> l.c., .]</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">shrub of the papyros, linnen, paper</b> (Thphr., Dsc., pap.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">παπύρ-ιον</b> n. dimin. (Dsc.), -(<b class="b3">ε)ών</b> m. <b class="b2">bed of papyros</b> (Aq., inscr.), <b class="b3">-ινος</b> <b class="b2">made of p.</b> (Delos IIa, Plu., pap.), <b class="b3">-ικός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (pap.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">p.-like</b> (Gal., sch.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Foreign word of unknown origin. Quite doubtful hypothesis by Lagarde in Lewy Fremd. 172 and Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 153, of Grilli in Belardi Doxa 3, 217. From Greek Lat. [[papyrus]]. An older name of papyrus is <b class="b3">βύβλος</b> (s. <b class="b3">βίβλος</b>). Cf. Mayser Pap. 1, 35. From Egypt. Vergote, Mélanges Grégoire 3, 1951, 414-6. Note that Pre-Greek has a suffix <b class="b3">-υρ-</b>.