βάλανος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́lanos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”); see there for cognates. Probably unrelated to Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεῖον (balaneîon, “bath, bathroom”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bá.la.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈba.la.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβa.la.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈva.la.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈva.la.nos/
Noun
βᾰ́λᾰνος • (bálanos) f (genitive βᾰλᾰ́νου); second declension
- acorn
- the tree that bears acorns, the oak
- (by resemblance)
- barnacle
- glans penis
- an iron peg, bolt-pin
- (medicine) suppository, pledget, pessary
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βᾰ́λᾰνος hē bálanos |
τὼ βᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ balánō |
αἱ βᾰ́λᾰνοι hai bálanoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βᾰλᾰ́νου tês balánou |
τοῖν βᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn balánoin |
τῶν βᾰλᾰ́νων tôn balánōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βᾰλᾰ́νῳ têi balánōi |
τοῖν βᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn balánoin |
ταῖς βᾰλᾰ́νοις taîs balánois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βᾰ́λᾰνον tḕn bálanon |
τὼ βᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ balánō |
τᾱ̀ς βᾰλᾰ́νους tā̀s balánous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βᾰ́λᾰνε bálane |
βᾰλᾰ́νω balánō |
βᾰ́λᾰνοι bálanoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (oak tree): Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς (Hamādruás)
Derived terms
- βαλάνινος (baláninos)
Descendants
- Greek: βάλανος (válanos)
Further reading
- 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 (2006–2019)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvalanos/
- Hyphenation: βά‧λα‧νος
Noun
βάλανος • (válanos) f (plural βάλανοι)
- (medicine) glans penis (conical forming the head of the penis)
- Πήγα στο γιατρό επειδή έκαιγε η βάλανός μου. ― Píga sto giatró epeidí ékaige i válanós mou. ― I went to the doctor because my glans penis was burning.
Declension
Related terms
- βελανίδι (velanídi)
See also
- πέος n (péos, “penis”)
- ακροποσθία f (akroposthía, “foreskin”)
- ακροβυστία f (akrovystía, “foreskin”)
Further reading
- βάλανος in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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