Italian

Noun

bibliopola m, f ‎(masculine plural bibliopoli, feminine plural bibliopole)

1. bookseller

Latin

Alternative forms

• bybliopōla

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek βιβλιοπώλης ‎(bibliopṓlēs, “bookseller”), from βιβλίον, βυβλίον ‎(biblíon, bublíon, “book”) + πώλης ‎(pṓlēs, “seller”, “dealer”, found only in compounds).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈpoː.la/, [bɪ.bli.ɔˈpoː.ɫa]

Noun

bibliopōla m ‎(genitive bibliopōlae); first declension

1. a bookseller

Declension

First declension.

Descendants

• Italian: bibliopola

References

• biblĭŏpōla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “biblĭŏpōla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 216/2.
• bibliopola in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bibliopola in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• bibliopola in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

bibliopola m f (plural bibliopolas)

1. bibliopole (bookseller, especially of secondhand or rare books)