βαλλάντιον, τό,
bag, pouch, purse, [[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus] 178, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 10 (βαλ-), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 707, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 17.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παῖς ἐκ βαλλαντίου a supposititious child, [[Telecl [prev. author] 41. ] Refs]
__II javelin (as if from βάλλω), a pun in [[ Dionysius Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.98d ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (The spelling βαλλ-is better attested than that with βαλ-,[[compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.354 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare βαλλαντιοτομέω, -τόμος.)