Βύβλος

See also: βύβλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋 (gbl /⁠gebal⁠/), from Canaanite G-B-L (Gubla).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bý.blos/ → /ˈβy.βlos/ → /ˈvi.vlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bý.blos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈby.blos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβy.βlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvy.vlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vlos/

Proper noun

Βῠ́βλος • (Búblos) f (genitive Βῠ́βλου); second declension

1. Byblos (a port city in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Βῠ́βλος; τῆς Βῠ́βλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βῠ́βλος hē Búblos
Genitive	τῆς Βῠ́βλου tês Búblou
Dative	τῇ Βῠ́βλῳ têi Búblōi
Accusative	τὴν Βῠ́βλον tḕn Búblon
Vocative	Βῠ́βλε Búble
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βῠ́βλος (búblos)

Descendants

• Greek: Βύβλος (Vývlos)
• → Latin: Byblus, Byblos
  • → English: Byblos

References

• “Βύβλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press