βιβλιογράφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “small book, tablet”) +‎ -γράφος (-gráphos, “writer, painter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.ɡrá.pʰos/ → /βi.βli.oˈɣra.ɸos/ → /vi.vli.oˈɣra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.ɡrá.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈɡra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.βli.oˈɣra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈɣra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈɣra.fos/

Noun

βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φος • (bĭblĭogrắphos) m (genitive βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φου); second declension

1. writer of books, scribe

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φος; τοῦ βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φος ho bĭblĭogrắphos	τὼ βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φω tṑ bĭblĭogrắphō	οἱ βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φοι hoi bĭblĭogrắphoi
Genitive	τοῦ βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φου toû bĭblĭogrắphou	τοῖν βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φοιν toîn bĭblĭogrắphoin	τῶν βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φων tôn bĭblĭogrắphōn
Dative	τῷ βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φῳ tôi bĭblĭogrắphōi	τοῖν βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φοιν toîn bĭblĭogrắphoin	τοῖς βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φοις toîs bĭblĭogrắphois
Accusative	τὸν βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φον tòn bĭblĭogrắphon	τὼ βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φω tṑ bĭblĭogrắphō	τοὺς βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φους toùs bĭblĭogrắphous
Vocative	βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φε bĭblĭogrắphe	βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φω bĭblĭogrắphō	βῐβλῐογρᾰ́φοι bĭblĭogrắphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βῐβλῐογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (bĭblĭogrăphĭ́ā)

Further reading

• “βιβλιογράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βιβλιογράφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βιβλιογράφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)