LOGOI

The corpus record

βύβλος

bublos

Cyperus Papyrus; papyrus stalks, bark, roll, paper

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

What it meant

1. βύβλος · byblos — Beekes

βύβλος [m.] The Egyptian papyrus, ‘Cyperus Papyrus; papyrus stalks, bark, roll, paper’ (Hdt.). < PG?> °VAR βίβλος, βίμβλις; Βίμβλινος (or -tvwv)- εἶδος οἴνου Kal γένος ἀμπέλου ἐν Θράκῃ καὶ ὁ παλαιὸς οἶνος. Ἐπίχαρμος δὲ ἀπ᾽ ὀρῶν Βιβλίνων. ἔστι δὲ Θράκης ‘kind of wine and vine in Thrace, also old wine. Epicharmus [uses it as] from the B. mountains. It is from Thrace.’ (H.). *DER BUBAL Voc (Od.), βίβλινος (pap.) ‘made … — [Beekes, s.v. βύβλος, p. 293]

2. βύβλος · byblos — LSJ

the Egyptian papyrus, Cyperus Papyrus, stalks of papyrus

the Egyptian papyrus, Cyperus Papyrus, Hdt. 2.92, A. Supp. 761, Str. 17.1.15: in pl., stalks of papyrus, PTeb. 308.7 (ii A. D.).

2 rind, bark

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.

b slices of the pith, strip of

in pl., slices of the pith used as writing-material, Hdt. 5.58, Hermipp. 63.13: sg., strip of β., βύβλον εὐρύναντες ἀντὶ διαδήματος Ph. 2.522.

3 roll, book, writings, the Sacred Writings, books

roll of papyrus, book, Hdt. 2.100, A. Supp. 947, etc.: heterocl. pl., βύβλα, τά, AP 9.98 (Stat. Flacc.); esp. of sacred or magical writings, 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.); β. ἱερατική PTeb. 291.43 (ii A. D.); so of the Scriptures, ἡ β. γενέσεως οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς LXX Ge. 2.4, etc.; ἡ β. the Sacred Writings, Aristeas 316; β. Μωυσέως, ψαλμῶν, προφητῶν, Ev.Marc. 12.26, Act.Ap. 1.20, 7.42; β. ζ

4 division, books

a division of a book, Plb. 4.87.12, D.S. 1.4, etc.; αἱ β. the nine books of Hdt., Luc. Herod. 1.

II flowering head of papyrus

β. στεφανωτρίς flowering head of papyrus, Theopomp. Hist. 22c, Plu. Ages. 36. [ῠ, A. Supp. 761.] (βύβλος, βύβλινος, βυβλίον, etc., are the original forms: βιβλ- 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 βυβλ- was restored.)

In the wild

6 of 11 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βύβλος (scan pp. 293-294; entry #1322).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βύβλος (scan p. 307; entry #1200).

Downloads

Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)

CC BY 4.0 with receipt attribution — every file carries its license line. What is exportable

Ask the librarian

Ask about βύβλος →