Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Byblus f sg (genitive Byblī); second declension

  1. Byblos (Phoenician town in modern Lebanon)

Declension

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Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Byblus
genitive Byblī
dative Byblō
accusative Byblum
ablative Byblō
vocative Byble
locative Byblī

References

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  • 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.