ἀγριοβάλανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”) +‎ βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡri.o.bá.la.nos/ → /a.ɣri.oˈβa.la.nos/ → /a.ɣri.oˈva.la.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡri.o.bá.la.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡri.oˈba.la.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣri.oˈβa.la.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣri.oˈva.la.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣri.oˈva.la.nos/

Noun

ἀγρῐοβᾰ́λᾰνος • (agrĭobắlănos) f (genitive ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νος); second declension

1. kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)

   Synonym: ὕσγη (húsgē)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ ἀγρῐοβᾰ́λᾰνος; τῆς ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγρῐοβᾰ́λᾰνος hē agrĭobắlănos	τὼ ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ agrĭobălắnō	αἱ ἀγρῐοβᾰ́λᾰνοι hai agrĭobắlănoi
Genitive	τῆς ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νου tês agrĭobălắnou	τοῖν ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn agrĭobălắnoin	τῶν ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νων tôn agrĭobălắnōn
Dative	τῇ ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νῳ têi agrĭobălắnōi	τοῖν ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn agrĭobălắnoin	ταῖς ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νοις taîs agrĭobălắnois
Accusative	τὴν ἀγρῐοβᾰ́λᾰνον tḕn agrĭobắlănon	τὼ ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ agrĭobălắnō	τᾱ̀ς ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νους tā̀s agrĭobălắnous
Vocative	ἀγρῐοβᾰ́λᾰνε agrĭobắlăne	ἀγρῐοβᾰλᾰ́νω agrĭobălắnō	ἀγρῐοβᾰ́λᾰνοι agrĭobắlănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀγριοβάλανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγριοβάλανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγριοβάλανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)