biblus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

biblus, i, f., = βίβλος βύβλος),

the papyrus , a sort of rush that grew largely in Egypt , from the inner bark of which paper was made (poet. for the more usual papyrus): flumineae, Luc. 3, 222; cf. Plin. 13, 11, 22, § 71 sq.—Meton., paper , Sedul. 1, 6.