βαλαντίδιον

Ancient Greek

Noun

βαλαντίδῐον • (balantídion) 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 balantídion	τὼ βαλαντιδῐ́ω tṑ balantidíō	τᾰ̀ βαλαντίδῐᾰ tà balantídia
Genitive	τοῦ βαλαντιδῐ́ου toû balantidíou	τοῖν βαλαντιδῐ́οιν toîn balantidíoin	τῶν βαλαντιδῐ́ων tôn balantidíōn
Dative	τῷ βαλαντιδῐ́ῳ tôi balantidíōi	τοῖν βαλαντιδῐ́οιν toîn balantidíoin	τοῖς βαλαντιδῐ́οις toîs balantidíois
Accusative	τὸ βαλαντίδῐον tò balantídion	τὼ βαλαντιδῐ́ω tṑ balantidíō	τᾰ̀ βαλαντίδῐᾰ tà balantídia
Vocative	βαλαντίδῐον balantídion	βαλαντιδῐ́ω balantidíō	βαλαντίδῐᾰ balantídia
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 (2006–2024)
• 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