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balanites
balanites
Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνῑ́της (balanī́tēs, “acorn-shaped; an acorn-shaped stone”), from βᾰ́λᾰνος (bálanos, “acorn”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.laˈniː.teːs/, [ba.ɫaˈniː.teːs]
Noun
balanītēs m (genitive balanītae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone resembling an acorn
Inflection
First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | balanītēs | balanītae |
genitive | balanītae | balanītārum |
dative | balanītae | balanītīs |
accusative | balanītēn | balanītās |
ablative | balanītē | balanītīs |
vocative | balanītē | balanītae |
References
- balanites in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “balanites”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.