balanus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”). === Noun === balanus (plural balani) (anatomy) The glans Synonyms: glans, (archaic) nut ==== Derived terms ==== balanic subbalanic balanitis balano- ==== Related terms ==== balaniferous ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.la.nys/ === Noun === balanus m (plural balani) alternative form of balane == Latin == === Alternative forms === balana, balania (late) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈba.ɫa.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbaː.la.nus] === Noun === balanus f (genitive balanī); second declension an acorn a fruit or other object similar in form to an acorn: a chestnut the ben-nut (Moringa) a date a suppository a species of shellfish the bell-end; the dickhead ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: bàlan French: balane Italian: balano Portuguese: bálano Spanish: bálano → English: balanus → French: balanus (learned) → Translingual: Balanus === References === “balanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “balanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "balanus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “balanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “balanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray Blondeau, Pierre Nicolas, and Noel, François. Dictionarium eroticum latino-gallicum. France, I. Liseaux, 1885.