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βάλανος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βάλανος βαλάνου

Structure: βαλαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. acorn
  2. acorn-tree
  3. (by resemblance), barnacle
  4. glans membri virilis
  5. an iron peg, bolt-pin
  6. (medicine) suppository, pledget, pessary

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀνάστηθι καὶ ἀνάβηθι ἐπ’ ἔθνοσ εὐσταθοῦν, καθήμενον εἰσ ἀναψυχήν, οἷσ οὐκ εἰσὶ θύραι, οὐ βάλανοι, οὐ μοχλοί, μόνοι καταλύουσι. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 30:9)
  • σιτέονται δὲ τὰ ὡραῖα καὶ τὸν φλοιὸν τῶν δενδρέων, γλυκύν τε ἐόντα τὸν φλοιὸν καὶ τρόφιμον οὐ μεῖον ἤπερ αἱ βάλανοι τῶν φοινίκων. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 11 8:1)
  • κώμη πρὸσ τῷ αἰγιαλῷ φοίνικεσ δὲ περὶ αὐτὴν ὀλίγοι ἐπεφύκεσαν, καὶ βάλανοι ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖσι χλωραὶ ἐπῆσαν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 26 6:3)
  • τὰ δὲ Ἡρακλεωτικά, καλούμενα δὲ Διὸσ βάλανοι, τρέφει μὲν οὐχ ὁμοίωσ τοῖσ ἀμυγδάλοισ, ἔχει δέ τι κεγχρῶδεσ καὶ ἐπιπολαστικὸν πλείω δὲ βρωθέντα βαρύνει τὴν κεφαλήν, ἧττον δ’ ἐνοχλεῖ καὶ τούτων τὰ χλωρὰ τῶν ξηρῶν, τὰ δὲ Περσικὰ κεφαλαλγικὰ μέν ἐστιν οὐχ ἧττον τῶν Διὸσ βαλάνων, τρέφει δὲ μᾶλλον φάρυγγα τραχύνει καὶ στόμα, ὀπτηθέντα δὲ ἀλυπότερα γίνεται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 41 2:4)
  • "τὰ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν ἐστι λιπαρὰ τῇ φύσει, καθάπερ ἀμυγδάλαι τε αἱ ξηραὶ καὶ Διὸσ βάλανοι, τὰ δὲ σκληρὰ καὶ στρυφνά, καθάπερ αἵ τε φηγοὶ καὶ πᾶν τὸ τοιοῦτον γένοσ, τῶν οὖν λιπαρῶν ἀφαιρεῖται τὸ λίποσ ἡ πύρωσισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 432)

Synonyms

  1. acorn

  2. acorn-tree

  3. an iron peg

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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