bibliopola

Italian

Etymology

From the Latin bibliopōla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.bljoˈpɔ.la/

Noun

bibliopola m or f (masculine plural bibliopoli, feminine plural bibliopole)

1. bookseller

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Latin

Alternative forms

• bybliopōla

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek βιβλιοπώλης (bibliopṓlēs, “bookseller”), from βιβλίον, βυβλίον (biblíon, bublíon, “book”) + πώλης (pṓlēs, “seller”, “dealer”, found only in compounds).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈpoː.la/, [bɪblʲiɔˈpoːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈpo.la/, [biblioˈpɔːlä]

Noun

bibliopōla m (genitive bibliopōlae); first declension

1. bookseller

   Synonym: libelliō

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bibliopōla	bibliopōlae
Genitive	bibliopōlae	bibliopōlārum
Dative	bibliopōlae	bibliopōlīs
Accusative	bibliopōlam	bibliopōlās
Ablative	bibliopōlā	bibliopōlīs
Vocative	bibliopōla	bibliopōlae

Related terms

• bibliopōlīum

Descendants

• Italian: bibliopola

References

• “biblĭŏpōla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• biblĭŏpōla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 216/2.
• “bibliopola”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bibliopola in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “bibliopola”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Noun

1. bibliopole (bookseller, especially of secondhand or rare books)