βαλανάγρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “hunting”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.la.ná.ɡraː/ → /βa.laˈna.ɣra/ → /va.laˈna.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.la.ná.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ba.laˈna.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.laˈna.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.laˈna.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.laˈna.ɣra/

Noun

βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱ • (balanágrā) f (genitive βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. key or hook for pulling out the βάλανος (bálanos)

Declension

First declension of ἡ βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱ hē balanágrā	τὼ βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ balanágrā	αἱ βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γραι hai balanágrai
Genitive	τῆς βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱς tês balanágrās	τοῖν βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γραιν toîn balanágrain	τῶν βᾰλᾰνᾰγρῶν tôn balanagrôn
Dative	τῇ βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾳ têi balanágrāi	τοῖν βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γραιν toîn balanágrain	ταῖς βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γραις taîs balanágrais
Accusative	τὴν βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn balanágrān	τὼ βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ balanágrā	τᾱ̀ς βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s balanágrās
Vocative	βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱ balanágrā	βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γρᾱ balanágrā	βᾰλᾰνᾰ́γραι balanágrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βαλανάγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαλανάγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαλανάγρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)