βαλλίον

Ancient Greek

May come from the same root as Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós). Possibly a dialectal variant.

βᾰλλῐ́ον • (băllĭ́on) n (genitive βαλλίου); second declension

synonym of φαλλός (phallós, “phallus”)
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Herodas, Collected Works 6.69

Second declension of τὸ βᾰλλῐ́ον; τοῦ βᾰλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰλλῐ́ον tò băllĭ́on	τὼ βᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ băllĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰλλῐ́ᾰ tằ băllĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰλλῐ́ου toû băllĭ́ou	τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn băllĭ́oin	τῶν βᾰλλῐ́ων tôn băllĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰλλῐ́ῳ tōî băllĭ́ōi	τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn băllĭ́oin	τοῖς βᾰλλῐ́οις toîs băllĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰλλῐ́ον tò băllĭ́on	τὼ βᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ băllĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰλλῐ́ᾰ tằ băllĭ́ă
Vocative	βᾰλλῐ́ον băllĭ́on	βᾰλλῐ́ω băllĭ́ō	βᾰλλῐ́ᾰ băllĭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“βαλλίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
βαλλίον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)