made of βάλανος, of zukkum
made of βάλανος, β. ἔλαιον oil of zukkum, Thphr. Od. 29, Dsc. 1.34, cf. 19.
2 of the colour of β
of the colour of β., POxy. 265.3 (i A. D.).
The corpus record
βᾰλᾰν-ῐνος
balaninos
made of βάλανος
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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