βαλλάντιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βαλάντιον (balántion)

Etymology

Unknown. Krahe thought it was a word from the northern Balkans, related to Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack”). However, it is perhaps Pre-Greek because of the variation -λλ-/-λ-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bal.lán.ti.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /balˈlan.ti.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βalˈlan.ti.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /valˈlan.ti.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈlan.di.on/

Noun

βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον • (băllắntĭon) n (genitive βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ου); second declension

bag, pouch, purse

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον; τοῦ βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον tò băllắntĭon	τὼ βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ω tṑ băllăntĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐᾰ tằ băllắntĭă
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ου toû băllăntĭ́ou	τοῖν βᾰλλᾰντῐ́οιν toîn băllăntĭ́oin	τῶν βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ων tôn băllăntĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ῳ tôi băllăntĭ́ōi	τοῖν βᾰλλᾰντῐ́οιν toîn băllăntĭ́oin	τοῖς βᾰλλᾰντῐ́οις toîs băllăntĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον tò băllắntĭon	τὼ βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ω tṑ băllăntĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐᾰ tằ băllắntĭă
Vocative	βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον băllắntĭon	βᾰλλᾰντῐ́ω băllăntĭ́ō	βᾰλλᾰ́ντῐᾰ băllắntĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βαλλαντίδιον (ballantídion)
βαλλαντιοτομέω (ballantiotoméō)
βαλλαντιοτόμος (ballantiotómos)

“βαλλάντιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
βαλλάντιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βαλλάντιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN