Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /βálanos/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /válanos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /válanos/

Noun

βάλᾰνος • ‎(bálanos) f ‎(genitive βαλάνου); second declension

1. acorn
2. acorn-tree
3. (by resemblance)
   1. barnacle
   2. glans ****
   3. an iron peg, bolt-pin
   4. (medicine) suppository, pledget, pessary

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: βάλανος ‎(válanos), βελανίδι ‎(velanídi)

References

• βάλανος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βάλανος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βάλανος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «βάλανος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «βάλανος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «βάλανος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acorn idem, page 8.
  • bolt idem, page 88.
  • catch idem, page 118.
  • clasp idem, page 135.
  • date idem, page 196.
  • fastening idem, page 308.
  • pin idem, page 613.
• LSJ 7th edition

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάλανος ‎(bálanos). Cognate with βελανίδι ‎(velanídi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvalanos/

Noun

βάλανος • ‎(válanos) f ‎(plural βάλανοι)

1. (medicine) glans ****

Declension