Talk:bibliopolius

RFV discussion: December 2017–January 2019
For inflection/gender. "Ex Bibliopolio Hafniensi" doesn't indicate inflection or gender, and the etymology would rather imply a neuter bibliopōlīon or bibliopōlīum (long i for Greek ει) instead of masculine bibliopōlius. Also it seems that in Classical Latin more often becomes -ēum than -īum. -80.133.104.152 14:25, 21 November 2017
 * bibliopolium does exist, and does also occur in a few older dictionaries (just search with GB for "bibliopolium, i, n.") although dictionaries aren't sufficient for en.wt.
 * bibliopolion, though not sufficient for en.wt, is mentioned in Verba barbara Ex Calepini, Passeratii, Stephani, & Fabri Lexicis expulsa: "Bibliopolion, [Greek], locus ubi libi venduntur, [Romance]". It does also appear in other books, but rarely.
 * bibliopoleum does occur in dictionaries and rarely elsewhere too.
 * bibliopolium does now exist. -80.133.107.175 01:14, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

bibliopolius
see e.g.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=meViAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA23&ots=sqvpfVOivH&dq=%22bibliopolio%22&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q=%22bibliopolio%22&f=false

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U1hOAAAAcAAJ&dq=Bibliopolio&pg=PP5#v=onepage&q=Bibliopolio&f=false

https://archive.org/details/johannisbaptista00helm

simply entering 'bibliopolio' in google books will yield many examples of prints


 * Please see WT:RFVN above. As it was pointed out there, dative or ablative bibliopolio alone doesn't attest a masculine bibliopolius. Maybe the entry should simple be moved (for which WT:Requests for moves, mergers and splits might be helptful). -84.161.10.69 10:23, 18 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Looking on Google Books, I mostly find bibliopolius as a mention in bibliographies of a bibliopolius Hahnianus (in the nominative; note that nominative bibliopolium Hahnianum is also attested) and a handful of sporadic mentions elsewhere in the nominative. However, I find nothing in actual Latin text: all these mentions seem to be in English texts, mostly bibliographies. On the other hand, bibliopolium is exceedingly common in the nominative judging by Google Books hits, also in Latin texts. If bibliopolius is to be kept at all, and it is not clear to me that it should be, I think it should at most be an alt-form entry linking to bibliopolium, which seems to be the main form. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 03:27, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Luckily, mistakes in English bibliographies and books don't attest anything for Latin. -84.161.52.159 07:41, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Indeed. RFV failed, the entry at bibliopolium is clearly the correct one. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 10:59, 28 January 2019 (UTC)