pessary
pessary, Hp. Mul. 2.155, Steril. 221.
2 peg, stopper
peg, stopper, PLond. 3.1177.178 (ii A. D.).
II
= βαλάνισσα, Suid.
The corpus record
βᾰλᾰν-ίς
balanis · ἡ
pessary, peg, stopper
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What it meant — LSJ
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.