1. βάλανος · balanos — Beekes
acorn, fruit like an acorn, date
The corpus record
βάλᾰνος
balanos
acorn, fruit like an acorn, date
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Distribution
- Athenian Constitution 7 · 4.3/10k
- Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
- Wasps 2 · 2.06/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
- Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k
- Genesis 2 · 0.67/10k
- Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k
- Anabasis 2 · 0.36/10k
- Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
- Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
- History 1 · 0.07/10k
Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. βάλανος · balanos — Chantraine
f
3. βάλανος · balanos — Frisk
f
4. βάλᾰνος · balanos — LSJ
acorn, any similar fruit, date, bān, Balanites aegyptiaca
Attestations
- βάλανόν · balanon Odyssey 10.242
- βάλανον · balanon Odyssey 13.409
- βαλάνους · balanous Works and Days 232–233
- βαλάνους · balanous Plato, Republic 2.363 (DIORISIS sentence 947)
- βαλάνους · balanous Plato, Republic 2.363 (DIORISIS sentence 958)
- βάλανον · balanon Herodotus, Histories 1.193.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1370)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 242; entry #1026 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 174; entry #1161 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 243; entry #963 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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