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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Laevius|origins=grc πάπυρος}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [paˈpyː.rʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [paˈpiː.rus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''papȳrus''' ''m'' or f (genitive papȳrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[bor|grc|πάπυρος|tr=pápuros|t=papyrus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Saalfeld 1874) A neuter form [[m|la|papȳrum]] was also used.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler dates it from Laevius (2nd–1st century BC).^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was the Egyptian paper reed, which grows in the marshes of Egypt.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Boats, sails, cloth, ropes and above all paper were made from it.^(Georges 1913) From this it meant the writing material made of papyrus, as in Martial and Juvenal, and a book or writing.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ A garment of papyrus and a lamp wick were further senses.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) It survives in Romanian ''papură'' and Spanish ''pabilo''.^(Wiktionary) English ''papyrus'' was borrowed in the late 14th century, and ''paper'' came from it through Old French.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 2nd–1st century BC – Laevius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder describes the plant and the making of paper.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of paper.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''papyrus'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The [[m|en|papyrus]] plant.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # [[m|en|Paper]] made from papyrus; a writing, book.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A garment made from papyrus.^(Wiktionary)
+ # A [[m|en|wick]].^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[papȳrāceus]]
+ * [[papȳrifer]]
+ * [[papȳrinus]]
+ * [[papȳriō]]
+ * [[papȳrius]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[en|papyrus]]
+ * [[en|paper]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}