βίβλος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

See βῠ́βλος (búblos).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βῐ́βλος (bíblosf (genitive βῐ́βλου); second declension

  1. Attic form of βῠ́βλος (búblos)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Bible
  • Greek: Βίβλος (Vívlos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βίβλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 213

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