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βᾰλᾰν-ιον

balanion · τό

decoction of acorns

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What it meant — LSJ

decoction of acorns

decoction of acorns, used as a restorative after drunkenness, Nicoch. 15.

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= βάλανος II.6, Hp. Mul. 1.92, Ruf. ap. Orib. 8.39, Dsc. 4.176.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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