Papyrian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Papyrian is an adjective meaning Synonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus.
Meaning
Synonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.
Example Sentences
The Tuesday after baseball season ended Rud was stretched out on his side on the livingroom carpet, the sports section unfolded and papyrian before him.
A similar radical distinction between “the whole” (to pan) and “its parts” (ta merē) is effected in the papyrian text (PGeneva 203) to which I referred earlier in note 4 of my introduction; […]
In summary, for the Hellenistic epoch we must accept, in spite of the scarcity of papyrian documents, a widespread flowering of the gnomologies: some done by the authors themselves, like those of Epicurus or Demetrius of Phalerum; others edited by philosophers or anthologists who collected material from the previous age, although with little regard for fidelity (as is the case of the Seven Wise Men, Socrates, Epicharmus or Anacharsis).
Word Forms
- papyrean
Synonyms for papyrian
Depending on context, synonyms include papery, papyraceous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paleographical, palaeographic, papionin, paleontographic, papable, calligraphical.
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