Byblus

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Βύβλος (Búblos), from Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋 (gbl).

Proper noun[edit]

Byblus f sg (genitive Byblī); second declension

  1. Byblos (Phoenician town in modern Lebanon)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Byblus
Genitive Byblī
Dative Byblō
Accusative Byblum
Ablative Byblō
Vocative Byble
Locative Byblī

References[edit]

  • Byblus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Byblus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.