fasten with a βάλανος, to be shut close, secured, constipated
fasten with a βάλανος (II.4), βεβαλάνωκε τὴν θύραν Ar. Ec. 361:—Pass., to be shut close, secured, Id. Av. 1159: metaph. in pf. part. Pass., constipated, Id. Ec. 370.
The corpus record
βᾰλᾰνόω
balanoo
fasten with a βάλανος
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What it meant — LSJ
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