păpȳrus — Lewis & Short
păpȳrus, i, m. and f., and păpȳ-rum, i, n., = pa/puros,
I the paper-reed, papyrus.
I Lit.:
papyrum ergo nascitur in palustribus Aegypti, aut quiescentibus Nili aquis ... triangulis lateribus, decem non amplius cubitorum longitudine in gracilitatem fastigatum,Plin. 13, 11, 22, § 71:
in Euphrate,id. 13, 11, 22, § 73. Ships were made of it, id. ib.; Luc. 4, 136:
in vasis papyri super aquas,Vulg. Isa. 18, 2;
and sails and cordage from its bark,Cels. 5, 28, 12; Col. 6, 6, 4; Pall. 3, 33;
also shoes,Mart. Cap. 2, § 115; Tert. Carm. ad Sen. 22;
and wicks,Veg. Vet. 2, 57;
the roots were used instead of wood,Plin. 13, 11, 22, § 72;
and likewise for funeral piles,Mart. 10, 97, 1.—
II Transf.
A A garment made from the bark of the papyrus:
succinctus patriā papyro,Juv. 4, 24.—
B Paper made of papyrus-stalk (cf.:
liber, charta),Juv. 7, 101; Cat. 35, 1; Mart. 3, 2, 4.