πάπυρος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: [[shrub of the papyros]], [[linnen]], [[paper]] (Thphr., Dsc., pap.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">παπύρ-ιον</b> n. dimin. (Dsc.), -(<b class="b3">ε)ών</b> m. [[bed of papyros]] (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 [[βύβλος]] (s. [[βίβλος]]). 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>.