βιβλίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    Attic corruption, possibly by assimilation, of Ancient Greek βυβλίον (bublíon).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    βῐβλῐ́ον • (bĭblĭ́on) n (genitive βῐβλῐ́ου); second declension

    1. Strip of papyrus
    2. Small book, tablet, letter
    3. Any book or writing

    Inflection

    Second declension of τὸ βῐβλῐ́ον; τοῦ βῐβλῐ́ου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative τὸ βῐβλῐ́ον
    tò bĭblĭ́on     		τὼ βῐβλῐ́ω
    tṑ bĭblĭ́ō     		τᾰ̀ βῐβλῐ́ᾰ
    tằ bĭblĭ́ă
    Genitive τοῦ βῐβλῐ́ου
    toû bĭblĭ́ou     		τοῖν βῐβλῐ́οιν
    toîn bĭblĭ́oin     		τῶν βῐβλῐ́ων
    tôn bĭblĭ́ōn
    Dative τῷ βῐβλῐ́ῳ
    tōî bĭblĭ́ōi     		τοῖν βῐβλῐ́οιν
    toîn bĭblĭ́oin     		τοῖς βῐβλῐ́οις
    toîs bĭblĭ́ois
    Accusative τὸ βῐβλῐ́ον
    tò bĭblĭ́on     		τὼ βῐβλῐ́ω
    tṑ bĭblĭ́ō     		τᾰ̀ βῐβλῐ́ᾰ
    tằ bĭblĭ́ă
    Vocative βῐβλῐ́ον
    bĭblĭ́on     		βῐβλῐ́ω
    bĭblĭ́ō     		βῐβλῐ́ᾰ
    bĭblĭ́ă
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: βιβλίο (vivlío)
    • Mariupol Greek: вивли́о (vivlío)
    • → English: biblio-
    • → Latin: Biblia, biblia (via plural)

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