βάλᾰνος[βᾰ],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-vesselof a seaweed,bladder-wrack, Fucus vesiculosus,
Thphr. HP 4.6.9 .