1. πάπῦρος · papyros — Beekes
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πάπῡρος
papuros
papyrus shrub, linen, paper
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What it meant
πάπῦρος [m., f.] ‘papyrus shrub, linen, paper’ (Thphr., Dsc., pap.). eDER Diminutive παπύρ-ιον [n.) (Dsc.), -(εχῦν [m.] “bed of papyrus’ (Aq., inscr.); τινος [adj.] ‘made of papyrus’ (Delos II’, Plu., pap.), -tkdc ‘id’ (pap.), -ὦδιης (Gal., sch.). *ETYM Loanword of unknown origin. Note that Pre-Greek has a suffix -dp-. — [Beekes, s.v. πάπῦρος, p. 1202]
2. πάπῦρος · papyros — Chantraine
πάπῦρος : f. «papyrus, Cyperus papyrus», d’où ce qui est fait avec cette plante, corde, toile, matière pour écrire (Thphr., Dsc., pap., etc.). Dérivés diminutif παπύριον (Dsc., etc.), -(ε)ών m. (Aq., inscr.) «lieu où poussent des papyrus » ; adj. παπύρινος « fait de papyrus » (Délos n° 8. av., pap., Plu.) ; -ux6ç dit d’un marais (pap.), -ὦδης + qui ressemble à du papyrus » (Gal., etc.). Emprunté dans lat. papyrus … — [Chantraine, s.v. πάπῦρος, p. 873]
3. πάπῦρος · papyros — Frisk
πάπῦρος m. f. “"Papyrusstaude, Leinwand, Papier’ (Thphr., Dsk., Pap. usw.). Davon παπύρ-ιον τι. Demin. (Dsk. u.a.), -(e)&v m. “Papyruspflanzung’ (Agq., Inschr.), -ıwoc “aus P. (Delos 118, Plu., Pap.), -ἰκός “ds.” (Pap.), -ὦδης "P.-ähnlich’ (Gal., Sch... — Fremdwort unbekannter Herkunft. Ganz fragwürdige Hypothesen von Lagarde bei Lewy Fremdw. 172 und Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 153, von Grilli bei Belardi Doxa 3, … — [Frisk, s.v. πάπῦρος, p. 1444]
4. πάπῡρος · papyros — LSJ
papyrus, Cyperus Papyrus
papyrus, Cyperus Papyrus, Thphr. HP 4.8.2, Dsc. 1.86, Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.7, etc.; as food, UPZ 91.8, 96.40 (ii B. C.).
2 linen, cord, made of it
linen, cord, etc., made of it, AP 6.249 (Antip.), Anacreont. 30.5, Plin. HN 13.72, etc. [Prop. ⏑_⏑, as in Anacreont. l.c. and Latin poets, but in AP l.c., ⏑⏑⏑.]
In the wild
- παπύρου · papyrou Septuaginta, Isaias 19
- πάπυρον · papyron Septuaginta, Job 40
- πάπυρος · papyros Septuaginta, Job 8
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. πάπῡρος (scan p. 1202; entry #4816).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πάπῡρος (scan p. 873; entry #6276).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. πάπῡρος (scan p. 1444; entry #4495).
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