balanus
See also: Balanus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).
Noun
balanus f (genitive balanī); second declension
- an acorn
- a fruit or other object similar in form to an acorn:
- a chestnut
- the ben-nut (Moringa)
- a date
- a suppository
- a species of shellfish
Declension
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
- Translingual: Balanus
References
“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