ου (ἡ) :
   I. 1 papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L.), plante d’Égypte, dont les pauvres mangeaient la tige et les racines, HDT. 2, 92 ; ESCHL. Suppl. 761 ;
      2 objet fabriqué avec des lamelles ou des fibres de papyrus (cordages, voiles, nattes, corbeilles, chaussures, etc.) HDT. 2, 96 ; etc. ; particul. au plur. feuilles ou lamelles de papyrus servant de tablettes pour écrire, HDT. 5, 58, etc. ; d’où livre, HDT. 2, 100 ;
   II βύϐλος στεφανωτρίς, THPP. 11 ; PLUT. Ages. 36, sorte de plante inconnue.

➳ [ῠ] ESCHL. l. c.

Étym. βύϐλος, att. c. βίϐλος, à partir du 1^er siècle av. J.C. ; v. Meisterh. p. 22 ; cf. βιϐλίον.

and βίβλος (v. sub fin.), ἡ, the Egyptian papyrus, Cyperus Papyrus, Hdt. 2.92, A. Supp. 761, Str. 17.1.15; in pl., stalks of papyrus, PTeb. 308.7 (ii AD).
rind enclosing the pith of this plant, Thphr. HP 4.8.4, etc. ; generally, bark, φελλῶν καὶ βύβλων Pl. Plt. 288e, cf. Hdt. 2.96, Plot. 2.7.2. in pl., slices of the pith used as writing-material, Hdt. 5.58, Hermipp. 63.13; sg., strip of β., βύβλον εὐρύναντες ἀντὶ διαδήματος Ph. 2.522.
roll of papyrus, book, Hdt. 2.100, A. Supp. 947, etc. ; heterocl. pl., βύβλα, τά, AP 9.98 (Stat. Flacc.); esp. of sacred or magical writings, βίβλων ὅμαδον Μουσαίου καὶ Ὀρφέως Pl. R. 364e, cf. D. 18.259, Act. Ap. 19.19, PPar. 19.1 (ii AD); ἱεραί β. OGI 56.70 (Canopus, iii BC); β. ἱερατική PTeb. 291.43 (ii AD); so of the Scriptures, ἡ β. γενέσεως οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς LXX Ge. 2.4, etc. ; ἡ β.
the Sacred Writings, Aristeas 316; β. Μωυσέως, ψαλμῶν, προφητῶν, Ev. Marc. 12.26, Act. Ap. 1.20, 7.42; β. ζωῆς Ep. Phil. 4.3; pl., of magical books, Act. Ap. 19.19. a division of a book, Plb. 4.87.12, D.S. 1.4, etc. ; αἱ β. the nine books of Hdt., Luc. Herod. 1. β. στεφανωτρίς flowering head of papyrus, Theopomp.Hist. 22c, Plu. Ages. 36. [υ, A. Supp. 761.] (βύβλος, βύβλινος, βυβλίον, etc., are the original forms; βιβλ-seems to have arisen in Attic by assimilation in βιβλίον, and is found in earlier Attic Inscrr., cf. IG 2.1b, etc., and prevails in Ptolemaic papyri; Inscrr. vary, βυβλία Test.Epict. 8.32 (iii/ii BC); βιβλία IG 5(1).1390.12 (Andania, i BC); in Roman times βυβλ- was restored.)

ἡ, Byblus, die ägyptische Papyrusstaude, Cyperus papyrus ; den Stengel u. die Wurzeln aßen die Armen ; aus dem Bast machte man Schiffstaue, Matten, Papier. In der Bdtg : beschriebenes Papier, Buch, wird richtiger βίβλος geschrieben. – Flacc. 9 (IX.98) hat einen plur. βύβλα, die Schriften.

1. the Egyptian papyrus , the root and triangular stalk of which were eaten by the poor, (Herdotus Historicus)
2. its fibrous coats , as prepared for ropes, (Herdotus Historicus); compare βύβλινος.
3. the outer coat of the papyrus, used for writing on, hence in plural leaves of byblus , (Herdotus Historicus)
4. a paper, book , (Herdotus Historicus); in this sense more commonly written βίβλος (q. see.):—;plural βύβλα, τά, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)