βιβλιοπώλης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βιβλίον (biblíon, “book”) +‎ -πώλης (-pṓlēs, “seller, dealer”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.pɔ̌ː.lɛːs/ → /βi.βli.oˈpo.lis/ → /vi.vli.oˈpo.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.pɔ̌ː.lɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈpo.le̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.βli.oˈpo.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈpo.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈpo.lis/

Noun

βῐβλῐοπώλης • (bĭblĭopṓlēs) m (genitive βῐβλῐοπώλου); first declension

1. a bookseller
   • Theopompus Comicus, Collected Works 77
   • Nicoph. 19.4
   • Aristomen. 9
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Fragments 140

Declension

First declension of ὁ βῐβλῐοπώλης; τοῦ βῐβλῐοπώλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῐβλῐοπώλης ho bĭblĭopṓlēs	τὼ βῐβλῐοπώλᾱ tṑ bĭblĭopṓlā	οἱ βῐβλῐοπῶλαι hoi bĭblĭopôlai
Genitive	τοῦ βῐβλῐοπώλου toû bĭblĭopṓlou	τοῖν βῐβλῐοπώλαιν toîn bĭblĭopṓlain	τῶν βῐβλῐοπωλῶν tôn bĭblĭopōlôn
Dative	τῷ βῐβλῐοπώλῃ tōî bĭblĭopṓlēi	τοῖν βῐβλῐοπώλαιν toîn bĭblĭopṓlain	τοῖς βῐβλῐοπώλαις toîs bĭblĭopṓlais
Accusative	τὸν βῐβλῐοπώλην tòn bĭblĭopṓlēn	τὼ βῐβλῐοπώλᾱ tṑ bĭblĭopṓlā	τοὺς βῐβλῐοπώλᾱς toùs bĭblĭopṓlās
Vocative	βῐβλῐοπῶλᾰ bĭblĭopôlă	βῐβλῐοπώλᾱ bĭblĭopṓlā	βῐβλῐοπῶλαι bĭblĭopôlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βῐβλῐοπωλεῖον (bĭblĭopōleîon)

Descendants

• Greek: βιβλιοπώλης (vivliopólis)

References

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

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from the Ancient Greek βῐβλῐοπώλης (bĭblĭopṓlēs); equivalent to βιβλίο (vivlío, “book”) +‎ -πώλης (-pólis, “seller”).

Noun

βιβλιοπώλης • (vivliopólis) m (plural βιβλιοπώλες, feminine βιβλιοπώλισσα)

1. a bookseller

Declension

Declension of βιβλιοπώλης

	singular	plural
nominative	βιβλιοπώλης (vivliopólis)	βιβλιοπώλες (vivliopóles)
genitive	βιβλιοπώλη (vivliopóli)	βιβλιοπωλών (vivliopolón)
accusative	βιβλιοπώλη (vivliopóli)	βιβλιοπώλες (vivliopóles)
vocative	βιβλιοπώλη (vivliopóli)	βιβλιοπώλες (vivliopóles)

Related terms

• βιβλιοπωλείο n (vivliopoleío, “book shop”)