Unknown. Krahe thought it was a word from the northern Balkans, related to Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack”). However, it is perhaps Pre-Greek because of the variation -λλ-/-λ-.
βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον • (ballántion) n (genitive βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ου); second declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον tò ballántion |
τὼ βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ω tṑ ballantíō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐᾰ tà ballántia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ου toû ballantíou |
τοῖν βᾰλλᾰντῐ́οιν toîn ballantíoin |
τῶν βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ων tôn ballantíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ῳ tôi ballantíōi |
τοῖν βᾰλλᾰντῐ́οιν toîn ballantíoin |
τοῖς βᾰλλᾰντῐ́οις toîs ballantíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον tò ballántion |
τὼ βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ω tṑ ballantíō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐᾰ tà ballántia | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον ballántion |
βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ω ballantíō |
βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐᾰ ballántia | ||||||||||
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