βιβλιοκάπηλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “small book, tablet”) +‎ κᾰ́πηλος (kắpēlos, “retail dealer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.ká.pɛː.los/ → /βi.βli.oˈka.pi.los/ → /vi.vli.oˈka.pi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.ká.pɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈka.pe̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.βli.oˈka.pi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈka.pi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈka.pi.los/

Noun

βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος • (bĭblĭokắpēlos) m (genitive βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλου); second declension

1. dealer in books

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος; τοῦ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος ho bĭblĭokắpēlos	τὼ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλω tṑ bĭblĭokăpḗlō	οἱ βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλοι hoi bĭblĭokắpēloi
Genitive	τοῦ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλου toû bĭblĭokăpḗlou	τοῖν βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλοιν toîn bĭblĭokăpḗloin	τῶν βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλων tôn bĭblĭokăpḗlōn
Dative	τῷ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλῳ tôi bĭblĭokăpḗlōi	τοῖν βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλοιν toîn bĭblĭokăpḗloin	τοῖς βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλοις toîs bĭblĭokăpḗlois
Accusative	τὸν βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλον tòn bĭblĭokắpēlon	τὼ βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλω tṑ bĭblĭokăpḗlō	τοὺς βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλους toùs bĭblĭokăpḗlous
Vocative	βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλε bĭblĭokắpēle	βῐβλῐοκᾰπήλω bĭblĭokăpḗlō	βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλοι bĭblĭokắpēloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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