βάλανος

balanos

acorn

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 7
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Book I 2
Chapter 13 493a17–493b1

493a27
493a29
Book IV 1
Chapter 8 532b29–535a26

535a24
Book V 1
Chapter 15 546b15–548a21

547b22
Book VIII 2
Chapter 21 603a30–604a3

603b31
604a2
Book IX 1
Chapter 13 615b19–616a13

615b22

Dictionary (LSJ)

βάλανος [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-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.αʹ, Aret. CA 1.1. b. pledget, pessary, Hp. Mul. 1.84. 7. ballot-ball, Arist. Ath. 63.2. (Lat. glans, Slav. želąδῐ, Lith. gìlē.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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