balanus
See also: Balanus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
Noun edit
balanus (plural balani)
- (anatomy) The glans
- 1763, A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences:
- GLANS, in anatomy, the anterior extremity of the penis, called by other different names, as the head of the penis, the nut of the penis, and the balanus of the penis.
- 1806, John Howard, Practical observations, page 21:
- There is both a local and a general predisposition to Lues Venerea: Jews and Mahometans, from the constant exposure of the glans and prepuce, have the cuticle of the balanus of much firmer texture than those who have not been circumcised.
- 1998, Vascular Diagnosis with Ultrasound:
- [...] and stretches into the balanus of the penis.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
glans — see glans
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balanus m (plural balani)
- Alternative form of balane
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈba.la.nus/, [ˈbäɫ̪änʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈba.la.nus/, [ˈbäːlänus]
Noun edit
balanus f (genitive balanī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | balanus | balanī |
Genitive | balanī | balanōrum |
Dative | balanō | balanīs |
Accusative | balanum | balanōs |
Ablative | balanō | balanīs |
Vocative | balane | balanī |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: bàlan
- French: balane
- Italian: balano
- Portuguese: bálano
- Spanish: bálano
- → English: balanus
- → French: balanus (learned)
- → Translingual: Balanus
References edit
“balanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “balanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- balanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- balanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “balanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Blondeau, Pierre Nicolas, and Noel, François. Dictionarium eroticum latino-gallicum. France, I. Liseaux, 1885.