balanus

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, acorn).

Noun

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balanus (plural balani)

  1. (anatomy) The glans
    Synonyms: glans, (archaic) nut
    • 1763, A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences:
      GLANS, in anatomy, the anterior extremity of the penis, called by other different names, as the head of the penis, the nut of the penis, and the balanus of the penis.
    • 1806, John Howard, Practical observations, page 21:
      There is both a local and a general predisposition to Lues Venerea: Jews and Mahometans, from the constant exposure of the glans and prepuce, have the cuticle of the balanus of much firmer texture than those who have not been circumcised.
    • 1998, Vascular Diagnosis with Ultrasound:
      [...] and stretches into the balanus of the penis.

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, acorn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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balanus m (plural balani)

  1. Alternative form of balane

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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balanus f (genitive balanī); second declension

  1. an acorn
  2. a fruit or other object similar in form to an acorn:
    1. a chestnut
    2. the ben-nut (Moringa)
    3. a date
    4. a suppository
    5. a species of shellfish
  3. the bell-end; the dickhead

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative balanus balanī
Genitive balanī balanōrum
Dative balanō balanīs
Accusative balanum balanōs
Ablative balanō balanīs
Vocative balane balanī

Descendants

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  • Catalan: bàlan
  • French: balane
  • Italian: balano
  • Portuguese: bálano
  • Spanish: bálano
  • English: balanus
  • French: balanus (learned)
  • Translingual: Balanus

References

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balanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

  • balanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • balanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • balanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Blondeau, Pierre Nicolas, and Noel, François. Dictionarium eroticum latino-gallicum. France, I. Liseaux, 1885.