| English |
Greek |
Latin |
Other |
| "book(s)" generic |
βίβλοι,
βίβλια |
librum
(libri) |
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| tablet(s) (pages, slats) |
δέλτοι (πτύχας), πίναξ | tabellae | PNQS |
| notebook(s) |
δελτάριον, γραμματεῖον | codex, pugillares | |
| diptych(s) = two-leafed tablets, etc. |
δίπτυχοι, δίθυροι πολύπτυχοι |
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| wood |
philyrae | ||
| wax |
cera |
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| ostraca |
ὄστρακα | ||
| stick-codes |
σκυτάλαι | ||
| scroll (early use) |
volumen |
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| papyrus |
charta | ||
| parchment (leather) |
διφθέραι,
δέρμα, μεμβράναι πυκτίον, πυκτίς, πυξίον σωμάτιον, τεῦχος |
membrana | |
| codex (late loan word in Greek) |
κῶδιξ |
codex | |
| scroll/book holder | scrinium, capsa, armarium |
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| library |
librarium, bibliotheca | ||
| bookseller |
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| (poetic) lines |
στίχοι | ||
| copyist, note-taker |
notarius |