βύβλος: Difference between revisions

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