Βύβλος
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See also: βύβλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋 (gbl /gebal/), from Canaanite G-B-L (Gubla).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bý.blos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈby.blos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβy.βlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvy.vlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.vlos/
Proper noun
Βῠ́βλος • (Búblos) f (genitive Βῠ́βλου); second declension
Inflection
Derived terms
- βῠ́βλος (búblos)
Descendants
References
- “Βύβλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press