βάλανος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́lanos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”); see there for cognates. Probably unrelated to Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεῖον (balaneîon, “bath, bathroom”).

βᾰ́λᾰνος • (bálanos) f (genitive βᾰλᾰ́νου); second declension

acorn
the tree that bears acorns, the oak
(by resemblance)
1. barnacle
2. glans penis
3. an iron peg, bolt-pin
4. (medicine) suppository, pledget, pessary

Second declension of ἡ βᾰ́λᾰνος; τῆς βᾰλᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰ́λᾰνος hē bálanos	τὼ βᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ balánō	αἱ βᾰ́λᾰνοι hai bálanoi
Genitive	τῆς βᾰλᾰ́νου tês balánou	τοῖν βᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn balánoin	τῶν βᾰλᾰ́νων tôn balánōn
Dative	τῇ βᾰλᾰ́νῳ têi balánōi	τοῖν βᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn balánoin	ταῖς βᾰλᾰ́νοις taîs balánois
Accusative	τὴν βᾰ́λᾰνον tḕn bálanon	τὼ βᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ balánō	τᾱ̀ς βᾰλᾰ́νους tā̀s balánous
Vocative	βᾰ́λᾰνε bálane	βᾰλᾰ́νω balánō	βᾰ́λᾰνοι bálanoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

βάλανος • (válanos) f (plural βάλανοι)

(medicine) glans penis (conical forming the head of the penis)
Πήγα στο γιατρό επειδή έκαιγε η βάλανός μου. ― Píga sto giatró epeidí ékaige i válanós mou. ― I went to the doctor because my glans penis was burning.

declension of βάλανος