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βίβλος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 이형 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βίβλος βίβλου

Structure: βιβλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Prob. a foreign word.

Sense

  1. Attic corruption of βῠ́βλος ‎(búblos)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ἡρόδοτοσ τοῦτ̓ ἐκεῖνο ἥκειν οἱ νομίσασ τὸν καιρόν, οὗ μάλιστα ἐγλίχετο, πλήθουσαν τηρήσασ τὴν πανήγυριν, ἁπανταχόθεν ἤδη τῶν ἀρίστων συνειλεγμένων, παρελθὼν ἐσ τὸν ὀπισθόδομον οὐ θεατήν, ἀλλ̓ ἀγωνιστὴν παρεῖχεν ἑαυτὸν Ὀλυμπίων ᾅδων τὰσ ἱστορίασ καὶ κηλῶν τοὺσ παρόντασ, ἄχρι τοῦ καὶ Μούσασ κληθῆναι τὰσ βίβλουσ αὐτοῦ, ἐννέα καὶ αὐτὰσ οὔσασ. (Lucian, Herodotus 3:1)
  • ἀπεδήμησα δὲ καὶ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, ὡσ συγγενοίμην τοῖσ προφήταισ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, καὶ ἐσ τὰ ἄδυτα κατελθὼν ἐξέμαθον τὰσ βίβλουσ τὰσ Ὥρου καὶ Ἴσιδοσ, καὶ αὖθισ εἰσ Ἰταλίαν ἐκπλεύσασ οὕτω διέθηκα τοὺσ κατ’ ἐκεῖνα Ἕλληνασ, ὥστε θεὸν ἦγόν με. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 18:2)
  • μηδὲ διάπεμπε βίβλουσ, πᾶσι καὶ πάσαισ ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ τὴν σοφίαν, μηδὲ διατάσσου περὶ ταφῆσ. (Plutarch, An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum, section 3 4:1)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπεὶ ταῦτα ἤκουσα, τὰσ βίβλουσ λαβὼν ‐ εἰσὶ δέ μοι Αἰγύπτιαι μάλα πολλαὶ περὶ τῶν τοιούτων ‐ ἧκον εἰσ τὴν οἰκίαν περὶ πρῶτον ὕπνον ἀποτρέποντοσ τοῦ ξένου καὶ μόνον οὐκ ἐπιλαμβανομένου, ἐπεὶ ἔμαθεν οἷ βαδίζοιμι, εἰσ προὖπτον κακόν, ὡσ ᾤετο. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 25:5)
  • ἐκ δ’ Αἰγύπτου τὰ κρεμαστὰ ἱστία καὶ βίβλουσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 49 2:4)

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