βυβλίον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βυβλίον • (bublíon) n (genitive βυβλίου); second declension

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

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ βυβλῐ́ον; τοῦ βυβλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βυβλῐ́ον
tò bublíon		 τὼ βυβλῐ́ω
tṑ bublíō		 τᾰ̀ βυβλῐ́ᾰ
tà bublía
Genitive τοῦ βυβλῐ́ου
toû bublíou		 τοῖν βυβλῐ́οιν
toîn bublíoin		 τῶν βυβλῐ́ων
tôn bublíōn
Dative τῷ βυβλῐ́ῳ
tôi bublíōi		 τοῖν βυβλῐ́οιν
toîn bublíoin		 τοῖς βυβλῐ́οις
toîs bublíois
Accusative τὸ βυβλῐ́ον
tò bublíon		 τὼ βυβλῐ́ω
tṑ bublíō		 τᾰ̀ βυβλῐ́ᾰ
tà bublía
Vocative βυβλῐ́ον
bublíon		 βυβλῐ́ω
bublíō		 βυβλῐ́ᾰ
bublía
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
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