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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́lanos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”); see there for cognates. Probably unrelated to Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεῖον (balaneîon, “bath, bathroom”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bá.la.nos/ → /ˈβa.la.nos/ → /ˈva.la.nos/
Noun
βᾰ́λᾰνος • (bálanos) f (genitive βᾰλᾰ́νου); second declension
- acorn
- the tree that bears acorns, the oak
- (by resemblance)
- barnacle
- glans penis
- iron peg, bolt-pin, bolt of a door
- Synonym: μᾰ́νδᾰλος (mándalos)
- (medicine) suppository, pledget, pessary
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Further reading
- “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 (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvalanos/
- Hyphenation: βά‧λα‧νος
Noun
βάλανος • (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.
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