Related to Imperial Aramaic 𐡁𐡀𐡋𐡀𐡈 (bʾlʾṭ, “pomegranate shoot”), Classical Syriac ܒܠܳܨܳܐ (blāṣā, “pomegranate shoot”) and a Semitic borrowing maybe. However an explanation of the words will remain difficult; see Arabic رُمَّان (rummān) for another difficult pomegranate term.
Put by Beekes because of the variant “αυ/ω” as acquired via Pre-Greek together with βάλαρις (bálaris, an unclear plant), βαλλωτή (ballōtḗ, “black horehound”), βάλλις (bállis, “a plant with wonderful medicinal properties”).
βαλαύστιον • (balaústion) n (genitive βαλαυστίου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ βαλαύστιον tò balaústion |
τὼ βαλαυστίω tṑ balaustíō |
τᾰ̀ βαλαύστιᾰ tà balaústia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βαλαυστίου toû balaustíou |
τοῖν βαλαυστίοιν toîn balaustíoin |
τῶν βαλαυστίων tôn balaustíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βαλαυστίῳ tôi balaustíōi |
τοῖν βαλαυστίοιν toîn balaustíoin |
τοῖς βαλαυστίοις toîs balaustíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βαλαύστιον tò balaústion |
τὼ βαλαυστίω tṑ balaustíō |
τᾰ̀ βαλαύστιᾰ tà balaústia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βαλαύστιον balaústion |
βαλαυστίω balaustíō |
βαλαύστιᾰ balaústia | ||||||||||
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