balano
Dictionary entries
- Entry →balanus, balani:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
acorn; other nuts, chestnut, ben-nut; date; balsam; shell-fish; suppository;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...gymnastico et palaestrico hoc habemus; echinos, lopadas, ostreas, balanos captamus, conchas, marinam urticam, musculos, plagusias striatas; post..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...dicit Homerus, Hoc ex unguento constat et ex balano. LVIII Aphronitrum. Rusticus es? nescis, quid Graeco nomine dicar..."
