balanites

French

Noun

balanites f

  1. plural of balanite

Noun

balanites m

  1. plural of balanite

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνῑ́της (balanī́tēs, “acorn-shaped; an acorn-shaped stone”), from βᾰ́λᾰνος (bálanos, “acorn”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.laˈniː.teːs/, [bäɫ̪äˈniːt̪eːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ba.laˈni.tes/, [bäläˈniːt̪es]

Noun

balanītēs m (genitive balanītae); first declension

  1. A kind of precious stone resembling an acorn

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative balanītēs balanītae
Genitive balanītae balanītārum
Dative balanītae balanītīs
Accusative balanītēn balanītās
Ablative balanītē balanītīs
Vocative balanītē balanītae

References
  • “balanites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • balanites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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