LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininesecond declension

balanus

balanus f (genitive balanī)
Classical[ˈba.ɫa.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbaː.la.nus]

Meaning

  1. femininean acorn
  2. femininea chestnut
  3. femininethe ben-nut (Moringa)
  4. femininea date
  5. femininea suppository
  6. femininea species of shellfish
  7. femininethe bell-end; the dickhead

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebalanusbalanī
balanae
genitivebalanī
balanae		balanōrum
balanārum
dativebalanō
balanae		balanīs
accusativebalanum
balanam		balanōs
balanās
ablativebalanōbalanīs
vocativebalanebalanī
balanae

bălănus, i, f. and rarely m. (
I. masc., Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48; 15, 23, 25, § 93; Metell. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9; cf. Rudd. I. p. 31), = βάλανος.
I. Lit., an acorn: glans, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 21; 17, 20, 34, § 151; 13, 4, 9, § 42.—
II. Transf.
A. Any fruit of similar form.
1. A kind of large chestnut, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 93.—
2. The Phœnician and Cilician date, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48.—
3. A nut yielding a balsam; the Arabian behen- or ben-nut: Hyperanthera semidecandra, Vahl. (called myrobalanus, Plin. 12, 21, 46, § 100; 22, 20, 23, § 49): pressa tuis balanus capillis, Hor. C. 3, 29, 4.—Also for the tree itself, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61.—
B. In gen., any object in the form of an acorn.
1. Medic. t., a suppository, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 43; 24, 6, 21, § 31; 26, 8, 34, § 54; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 12.—
2. A shell-fish, a species cf sea-mussel, Col. 8, 16, 7; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 8; Metell. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).

Descendants
  • Catalanbàlan
  • Frenchbalane
  • Italianbalano
  • Portuguesebálano
  • Spanishbálano
  • Englishbalanus
  • Frenchbalanus
  • TranslingualBalanus

Quick answers

What does balanus mean in Latin?
balanus, a noun, means “an acorn; the bell-end; the dickhead”.
What is the genitive of balanus?
The genitive singular is balanī. balanus is feminine, second declension.
How do you pronounce balanus?
In classical Latin, [ˈba.ɫa.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbaː.la.nus].