βιβλιοκάπηλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βῐβλῐ́ον (biblíon, “small book, tablet”) +‎ κᾰ́πηλος (kápēlos, “retail dealer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.ká.pɛː.los/ → /βi.βli.oˈka.pi.los/ → /vi.vli.oˈka.pi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.ká.pɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈka.pe̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.βli.oˈka.pi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈka.pi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈka.pi.los/

Noun

βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος • (bibliokápēlos) m (genitive βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλου); second declension

1. dealer in books

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος; τοῦ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος ho bibliokápēlos	τὼ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλω tṑ bibliokapḗlō	οἱ βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλοι hoi bibliokápēloi
Genitive	τοῦ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλου toû bibliokapḗlou	τοῖν βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλοιν toîn bibliokapḗloin	τῶν βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλων tôn bibliokapḗlōn
Dative	τῷ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλῳ tôi bibliokapḗlōi	τοῖν βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλοιν toîn bibliokapḗloin	τοῖς βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλοις toîs bibliokapḗlois
Accusative	τὸν βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλον tòn bibliokápēlon	τὼ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλω tṑ bibliokapḗlō	τοὺς βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλους toùs bibliokapḗlous
Vocative	βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλε bibliokápēle	βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλω bibliokapḗlō	βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλοι bibliokápēloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βιβλιοκάπηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βιβλιοκάπηλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βιβλιοκάπηλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)