balanites
French
editNoun
editbalanites f
Noun
editbalanites m
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνῑ́της (balanī́tēs, “acorn-shaped; an acorn-shaped stone”), from βᾰ́λᾰνος (bálanos, “acorn”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ba.laˈniː.teːs/, [bäɫ̪äˈniːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ba.laˈni.tes/, [bäläˈniːt̪es]
Noun
editbalanītēs m (genitive balanītae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone resembling an acorn
Declension
editFirst-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | balanītēs | balanītae |
Genitive | balanītae | balanītārum |
Dative | balanītae | balanītīs |
Accusative | balanītēn | balanītās |
Ablative | balanītē | balanītīs |
Vocative | balanītē | balanītae |
References
edit- “balanites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- balanites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.