βαλαντίδιον
Ancient Greek
Noun
βαλαντίδῐον • (balantídĭon) n (genitive βαλαντιδίου); second declension
- a pouch (for money)
- (Can we date this quote?), Heliodorus of Emesa, “2.3.3”, in Aethiopica:
- Καὶ ὃς ὑπὸ μάλης βαλαντίδιον ἔχων προκομίσας ἐπεδείκνυε λίθων πολυτίμων ὑπερφυές τι χρῆμα
- Kaì hòs hupò málēs balantídion ékhōn prokomísas epedeíknue líthōn polutímōn huperphués ti khrêma
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βαλαντίδῐον tò balantídĭon |
τὼ βαλαντιδῐ́ω tṑ balantidĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βαλαντίδῐᾰ tằ balantídĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βαλαντιδῐ́ου toû balantidĭ́ou |
τοῖν βαλαντιδῐ́οιν toîn balantidĭ́oin |
τῶν βαλαντιδῐ́ων tôn balantidĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βαλαντιδῐ́ῳ tōî balantidĭ́ōi |
τοῖν βαλαντιδῐ́οιν toîn balantidĭ́oin |
τοῖς βαλαντιδῐ́οις toîs balantidĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βαλαντίδῐον tò balantídĭon |
τὼ βαλαντιδῐ́ω tṑ balantidĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βαλαντίδῐᾰ tằ balantídĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βαλαντίδῐον balantídĭon |
βαλαντιδῐ́ω balantidĭ́ō |
βαλαντίδῐᾰ balantídĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βαλαντίδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαλαντίδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαλαντίδιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- βαλαντίδιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften