βαλαντίδιον

Ancient Greek

Noun

βαλαντίδῐον • (balantídĭon) n (genitive βαλαντιδίου); second declension

1. 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

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Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βαλαντίδῐον; τοῦ βαλαντιδῐ́ου (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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