βιβλιο-θήκη, ἡ,
book-case, [[ 4th c.BC: Cratinus Junior Comicus 11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (βυβλ-).
__2 library, collection of books, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.27.4, LXX.Est.2.23, 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 41, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Sto. Herc.” 339.13 (βυβλ-), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.54, +others, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.2.1 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; β. ἔμψυχος, of Longinus, [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.456B. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__3 record-office, registry, [[ PTeb. 389. 18 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; β. ἐγκτήσεων [[ “BGU” 76.1 (2nd-3rd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; β. δημοσίων [λόγων] [[ “PRyl.” 291.1 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__4 compilation from various sources, title of works by [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus and 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus ] Refs 1st c.BC+]