French

Noun

balanites f

1. plural of balanite

Noun

balanites m

1. plural of balanite

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνῑ́της ‎(balanī́tēs, “acorn-shaped; an acorn-shaped stone”), from βᾰ́λᾰνος ‎(bálanos, “acorn”) + -ῑ́της ‎(-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ba.laˈniː.teːs/, [ba.ɫaˈniː.teːs]

Noun

balanītēs m ‎(genitive balanītae); first declension

1. A kind of precious stone resembling an acorn

Inflection

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.

References

• balanites in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “balanites”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.