βάλανος
ά, δι, ἡ
A.
acorn, Od. 10.242, 13.409, Arist. HA 603b31, Thphr. HP 3.8.3: any similar fruit, date, Hdt. 1.193, X. An. 2.3.15, Arr. Ind. 11.8; Διὸς β. v. Διοσβάλανος; β. μυρεψική bān, Balanites aegyptiaca, Dsc. 4.157, cf. Thphr. HP 4.2.1.
2.
tree which bears βάλανοι, ib.6, Plb. 34.8.1, LXX Ge. 35.8.
II.
from similarity of shape,
1.
a sea shell-fish, barnacle, Arist. HA 535a24,547b22, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.50.
2.
glans penis, Arist. HA 493a27,Ar. Lys. 413, Gal. 10.381.
3.
air-vessel of a seaweed, bladder-wrack, Fucus vesiculosus, Thphr. HP 4.6.9.
4.
iron peg, bolt-pin, Ar. V. 200, Th. 2.4, Aen.Tact. 18.1,al.
5.
fastening for necklaces, Ar. Lys. 410.
6.
Medic., suppository, Hp. Epid. 1.26.ά, Aret. CA 1.1.
b.
pledget, pessary, Hp. Mul. 1.84.
7.
ballot-ball, Arist. Ath. 63.2. (Lat. glans, Slav. žελąδι, Lith. γὶλε.)