βύβλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=and βίβλος (v. sub fin.), ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[the Egyptian papyrus]], [[Cyperus Papyrus]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>761</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.15</span>: in plural, [[stalks of papyrus]], PTeb.308.7 (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[rind]] enclosing the pith of this plant, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.8.4</span>, etc.: generally, [[bark]], φελλῶν καὶ βύβλων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span> 288e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.96</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot.2.7.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in plural, [[slices of the pith]] used as writing-material, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.58</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermipp.63.13</span>: sg., [[strip of]] β., βύβλον εὐρύναντες ἀντὶ διαδήματος <span class="bibl">Ph.2.522</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[roll]] of papyrus, [[book]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.100</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>947</span>, etc.: heterocl. pl., [[βύβλα]], [[τά]], <span class="title">AP</span>9.98 (Stat. Flacc.); especially of sacred or magical [[writings]], βίβλων ὅμαδον Μουσαίου καὶ Ὀρφέως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>364e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.18.259</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>19.19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPar.</span>19.1</span> (ii A. D.); ἱεραί β. <span class="title">OGI</span>56.70 (Canopus, iii B. C.); β. ἱερατική <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>291.43</span> (ii A. D.); so of the Scriptures, ἡ β. γενέσεως οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>2.4</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ β</b>. [[the Sacred Writings]], Aristeas <span class="bibl">316</span>; <b class="b3">β. Μωυσέως, ψαλμῶν, προφητῶν</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>12.26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>1.20</span>, <span class="bibl">7.42</span>; β. ζωῆς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>4.3</span>: pl., of magical [[books]], Act.Ap.19.19. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> a [[division]] of a book, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.87.12</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.4</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αἱ β</b>. the nine [[books]] of Hdt., <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Herod.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">β. στεφανωτρίς</b> [[flowering head of papyrus]], Theopomp. Hist.<span class="bibl">22c</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ages.</span>36</span>. [ῠ, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>761</span>.] ([[βύβλος]], [[βύβλινος]], [[βυβλίον]], etc., are the original forms: <b class="b3">βιβλ-</b>seems to have arisen in Attic by assimilation in [[βιβλίον]], and is found in earlier Attic Inscrr., cf. <span class="title">IG</span>2.1b, etc., and prevails in Ptolemaic papyri; Inscrr. vary, βυβλία <span class="title">Test.Epict.</span>8.32 (iii/ii B. C.); βιβλία <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1390.12 (Andania, i B. C.); in Roman times <b class="b3">βυβλ-</b> was restored.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: The Egyptian papyrus, [[Cyperus Papyrus]], [[its stalks]], [[bark]], [[roll]], [[paper]] (Hdt.).<br />Other forms: [[βίβλος]], [[βὶμβλις]]; [[Βίμβλινος]] (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: [[βύβλινος]] (Od.), [[βίβλινος]] (Pap.) <b class="b2">made of p.</b>; (both) also a kind of wine, s. DELG; also [[βίμβλινος]] (LSJSup.and H., s. above). [[βυβλιά]] (accent s. Wackernagel-Debrunner Phil. 95, 191f.) <b class="b2">plantation of p.</b> (Tab. Heracl.; but s. Scheller Oxytonierung 47). - [[βυβλίον]], [[βιβλίον]] ( s. Kretschmer KZ 57, 253 A.) [[paper]], [[book]] (Ion.-Att.). <b class="b3">βιβλίδιον</b> with strange long [[i]]. [[βίμβλις]], <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 [[υ]]/[[ι]] 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. [[πάπυρος]].<br />See also: s. [[βίβλος]].