shake acorns from
shake acorns from the oak, hence as prov. answer to beggars, ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζε AP 11.417, Zen. 2.41, etc.
II administer a suppository to
(βάλανος II.6) β. τινά administer a suppository to him, Hp. ap. Poll. 10.150.
The corpus record
βᾰλᾰν-ίζω
balanizo
shake acorns from
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What it meant — LSJ
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