βάλανος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́lanos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”); see there for cognates. Probably unrelated to Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεῖον (bălăneîon, “bath, bathroom”).
Pronunciation
edit- (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
editβᾰ́λᾰνος • (bắlănos) f (genitive βᾰλᾰ́νου); second declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βᾰ́λᾰνος hē bắlănos |
τὼ βᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ bălắnō |
αἱ βᾰ́λᾰνοι hai bắlănoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βᾰλᾰ́νου tês bălắnou |
τοῖν βᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn bălắnoin |
τῶν βᾰλᾰ́νων tôn bălắnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βᾰλᾰ́νῳ têi bălắnōi |
τοῖν βᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn bălắnoin |
ταῖς βᾰλᾰ́νοις taîs bălắnois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βᾰ́λᾰνον tḕn bắlănon |
τὼ βᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ bălắnō |
τᾱ̀ς βᾰλᾰ́νους tā̀s bălắnous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰ́λᾰνε bắlăne |
βᾰλᾰ́νω bălắnō |
βᾰ́λᾰνοι bắlănoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
edit- (oak tree): Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς (Hămādrŭắs)
Derived terms
edit- ἀγρῐοβᾰ́λᾰνος (agrĭobắlănos)
- βαλανάγρα (balanágra)
- βαλανηφάγος (balanēphágos)
- βαλάνινος (baláninos)
- χαμαιβάλανος (khamaibálanos)
Descendants
edit- Greek: βάλανος (válanos), βαλανίδι (valanídi), βελανίδι (velanídi)
- → Latin: balanus, balana, balania (late)
Further reading
edit- “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 (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editβάλανος • (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 was burning.
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | βάλανος (válanos) | βάλανοι (válanoi) |
genitive | βαλάνου (valánou) | βαλάνων (valánon) |
accusative | βάλανο (válano) | βαλάνους (valánous) |
vocative | βάλανε (válane) βάλανο (válano) |
βάλανοι (válanoi) |
Related terms
edit- βελανίδι (velanídi)
See also
edit- πέος n (péos, “penis”)
- ακροποσθία f (akroposthía, “foreskin”)
- ακροβυστία f (akrovystía, “foreskin”)
Further reading
edit- βάλανος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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