Ancient Greek dictionary · noun
βιβλίον
strip of papyrus
Transliteration: biblion
Dictionary forms: βῐβλῐ́ον, βῐβλῐ́ου
Inflection: second declension
Meaning and definitions
- strip of papyrus
- small book, tablet, letter
- any book or writing
Connected roots
- bibli-
book
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These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.
- bibliography
a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work
- bibliotheca
A library.
- bibliophile
a person who collects or loves books
Recorded forms
| Form | Grammar |
|---|---|
| βῐβλῐ́ον | nom. sg. |
| βῐβλῐ́ᾰ | nom. pl. |
| βῐβλῐ́ου | gen. sg. |
| βῐβλῐ́ων | gen. pl. |
| βῐβλῐ́ῳ | dat. sg. |
| βῐβλῐ́οις | dat. pl. |
| βῐβλῐ́ον | acc. sg. |
| βῐβλῐ́ᾰ | acc. pl. |
| βῐβλῐ́ον | voc. sg. |
| βῐβλῐ́ᾰ | voc. pl. |
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