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Papyrus
1.
(Bot.)
A tall rushlike plant (
Cyperus Papyrus
) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick. 2.
The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.
3.
A manuscript written on papyrus; esp.,
pl.
, written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the
. papyri
of Egypt or HerculaneumWebster 1828 Edition
Papyrus
PAPY'RUS
,Noun.
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English
Papyrus (plant).
Papyrus (material).
A papyrus (document).
Noun
papyrus (usually uncountable, plural papyri or papyruses)
- (usually uncountable) A plant in the sedge family, Cyperus papyrus, native to the Nile river valley.
- (usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
- (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.
Translations
plant in the sedge family
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material made from this plant
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scroll or document written on this material
Related terms
Finnish
Noun
papyrus
- papyrus (material and document)
Declension
| Inflection of papyrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | papyrus | papyrukset | |
| genitive | papyruksen | papyrusten papyruksien |
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| partitive | papyrusta | papyruksia | |
| illative | papyrukseen | papyruksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | papyrus | papyrukset | |
| accusative | nom. | papyrus | papyrukset |
| gen. | papyruksen | ||
| genitive | papyruksen | papyrusten papyruksien |
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| partitive | papyrusta | papyruksia | |
| inessive | papyruksessa | papyruksissa | |
| elative | papyruksesta | papyruksista | |
| illative | papyrukseen | papyruksiin | |
| adessive | papyruksella | papyruksilla | |
| ablative | papyrukselta | papyruksilta | |
| allative | papyrukselle | papyruksille | |
| essive | papyruksena | papyruksina | |
| translative | papyrukseksi | papyruksiksi | |
| instructive | — | papyruksin | |
| abessive | papyruksetta | papyruksitta | |
| comitative | — | papyruksineen | |
Derived terms
- papyrologi
- papyrologia
- papyruskaisla (papyrus plant)
- papyrusvene
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈpyː.rus/, [paˈpyː.rʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈpi.rus/, [paˈpiː.rus]
Noun
papȳrus m, f (genitive papȳrī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | papȳrus | papȳrī |
| genitive | papȳrī | papȳrōrum |
| dative | papȳrō | papȳrīs |
| accusative | papȳrum | papȳrōs |
| ablative | papȳrō | papȳrīs |
| vocative | papȳre | papȳrī |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- papyrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- papyrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PAPYRUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “papyrus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- papyrus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- papyrus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016