βαλανεῖον

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attempts have been made to connect with βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”), but are semantically unconvincing. According to Beekes, considering the semantic category and lack of convincing Indo-European cognates, it is Pre-Greek,[1] while Furnée compares Old Georgian აბანოჲ (abanoy, “bathroom”).[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βᾰλᾰνεῖον • (balaneîon) n (genitive βᾰλᾰνείου); second declension

  1. bath, bathing room
    Synonym: λουτρόν (loutrón)
  2. bathhouse

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰλᾰνεῖον; τοῦ βᾰλᾰνείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βᾰλᾰνεῖον
tò balaneîon 		τὼ βᾰλᾰνείω
tṑ balaneíō 		τᾰ̀ βᾰλᾰνεῖᾰ
tà balaneîa
Genitive τοῦ βᾰλᾰνείου
toû balaneíou 		τοῖν βᾰλᾰνείοιν
toîn balaneíoin 		τῶν βᾰλᾰνείων
tôn balaneíōn
Dative τῷ βᾰλᾰνείῳ
tôi balaneíōi 		τοῖν βᾰλᾰνείοιν
toîn balaneíoin 		τοῖς βᾰλᾰνείοις
toîs balaneíois
Accusative τὸ βᾰλᾰνεῖον
tò balaneîon 		τὼ βᾰλᾰνείω
tṑ balaneíō 		τᾰ̀ βᾰλᾰνεῖᾰ
tà balaneîa
Vocative βᾰλᾰνεῖον
balaneîon 		βᾰλᾰνείω
balaneíō 		βᾰλᾰνεῖᾰ
balaneîa
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βαλανεῖον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195
  2. ^ Furnée, Edzard Johan (1979) Vorgriechisch-Kartvelisches: Studien zum ostmediterranen Substrat nebst einem Versuch zu einer neuen pelasgischen Theorie (in German), Editions Peeters, →ISBN, page 37

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