πάπῡρος

πάπῡρος

Grammatical information: m. f.

Meaning: `shrub of the papyros, linnen, paper' (Thphr., Dsc., pap.).

Derivatives: παπύρ-ιον n. dimin. (Dsc.), -(ε)ών m. `bed of papyros' (Aq., inscr.), -ινος `made of p.' (Delos II^a, Plu., pap.), -ικός `id.' (pap.), -ώδης `p.-like' (Gal., sch.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Foreign word of unknown origin. Quite doubtful hypothesis by Lagarde in Lewy Fremd. 172 and Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 153, of Grilli in Belardi Doxa 3, 217. From Greek Lat. papȳrus. An older name of papyrus is βύβλος (s. βίβλος). Cf. Mayser Pap. 1, 35. From Egypt. Vergote, Mélanges Grégoire 3, 1951, 414-6. Note that Pre-Greek has a suffix -ῡρ-.

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