The corpus record

βιβλιο-θήκη

bibliotheke · ἡ

book-case, library, collection of books, record-office, registry

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Where it lives

Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

βιβλιο-θήκη · biblio-thēkē — LSJ

book-case

book-case, Cratin.Jun. 11 (βυβλ-).

2 library, collection of books

library, collection of books, Plb. 12.27.4, LXX Es. 2.23, Posidon. 41, Phld. Sto. Herc. 339.13 (βυβλ-), Str. 13.1.54, al., J. AJ 12.2.1; β. ἔμψυχος, of Longinus, Eun. VS p.456B.

3 record-office, registry

record-office, registry, PTeb. 389. 18 (ii A. D.); β. ἐγκτήσεων BGU 76.1 (ii/iii A. D.); β. δημοσίων [λόγων] PRyl. 291.1 (iii A. D.).

4 compilation

compilation from various sources, title of works by Apollod. and D.S.

In the wild

βιβλιοθήκην · bibliothēkēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5713)
βιβλιοθήκαις · bibliothēkais Septuaginta, Esdras II 6
βιβλιοθήκῃ · bibliothēkēi Septuaginta, Esther 2
βιβλιοθήκην · bibliothēkēn Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 2

Where it came from

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