βιβλιοπωλεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βῐβλῐοπώλης (bibliopṓlēs, bookseller) + -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βῐβλῐοπωλεῖον • (bibliopōleîon) n (genitive βῐβλῐοπωλείου); second declension - (Koine)

  1. a bookseller’s shop, a bookshop, bookstore
    • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 1.1e
    • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, On My Own Books 1

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: βιβλιοπωλείο (vivliopoleío)
  • Latin: bibliopōlīum

References

Greek

Noun

βιβλιοπωλεῖον • (bibliopōleîon) n (plural βιβλιοπωλεῖα)

  1. Katharevousa form of βιβλιοπωλείο (vivliopoleío) (in polytonic script)

Declension

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