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            "lemma": "βάλανος",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ου (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>A<\/b> gland, OD. <i>10, 242 ; 13, 409 ;<\/i> HÉS. <i>O. 230 ;<\/i> ARSTT. TH. <i>etc<\/i>.<br\/><i>p. anal. :<\/i><br\/><b>   I<\/b> <i>fruits divers en forme de gland :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> datte, HDT. <i>1, 193 ;<\/i> XÉN. <i>An. 2, 3, 15 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> Διὸς βάλανος, châtaigne, DIOSC. <i>1, 145 ; ou<\/i> sorte de noix, HERMONAX <i>et<\/i> TIMACH. (ATH. <i>53<\/i> c, <i>etc<\/i>.) ;<br\/><b>      3<\/b> βάλανος μυρεψική, DIOSC. <i>4, 160, autre n. du gland<\/i> μυροϐάλανον ;<br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>objets divers en forme de gland :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> gland de mer, <i>poisson,<\/i> ARSTT. <i>H.A. 4, 8, 33 ; 5, 15, 16 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> gland, <i>t. d’anatomie,<\/i> ARSTT. <i>H.A. 1, 13, 3 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> pêne, <i>morceau de fer pour assujettir un verrou (cf<\/i>. βαλανάγρα, βαλανοδόκη) THC. <i>2, 4 ;<\/i> AR. <i>Av. 1159, Vesp. 155, Eccl. 361 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      4<\/b> petit pêne en forme de gland servant à fermer un collier de femme, AR. <i>Lys. 410 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      5<\/b> suppositoire <i>ou<\/i> pessaire, HPC. <i>403, 15, etc. ;<\/i><br\/><b>B<\/b> <i>p. ext<\/i>. l’arbre qui produit le gland, chêne, TH. <i>H.P. 4, 2, 6 ;<\/i> SPT. <i>Gen. 35, 8 ;<\/i> POL. <i>34, 8, 1<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>R. indo-europ<\/i>. *g<sup>w<\/sup>lh₂-, gland ; <i>cf. lat<\/i>. glāns.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ἡ, <b>acorn<\/b>, <i>Od.<\/i> 10.242, 13.409, Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 603b31, Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 3.8.3; <b>any similar fruit, date<\/b>, Hdt. 1.193, X. <i>An.<\/i> 2.3.15, Arr. <i>Ind.<\/i> 11.8; Διὸς β. v. Διοσβάλανος; β. μυρεψική <b>bān, Balanites aegyptiaca<\/b>, Dsc. 4.157, cf. Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 4.2.1.<br\/><b>tree which bears<\/b> βάλανοι, <i>ib.<\/i> 6, Plb. 34.8.1, LXX Ge. 35.8. from similarity of shape, a sea shell-fish, <b>barnacle<\/b>, Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 535a24, 547b22, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.50.<br\/><b>glans penis<\/b>, Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 493a27, Ar. <i>Lys.<\/i> 413, Gal. 10.381.<br\/><b>air-vessel<\/b> of a seaweed, <b>bladder-wrack, Fucus vesiculosus<\/b>, Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 4.6.9.<br\/><b>iron peg, bolt-pin<\/b>, Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 200, Th. 2.4, Aen.Tact. 18.1, al.<br\/><b>fastening for necklaces<\/b>, Ar. <i>Lys.<\/i> 410. Medic., <b>suppository<\/b>, Hp. <i>Epid.<\/i> 1.26. αʹ, Aret. <i>CA<\/i> 1.1.<br\/><b>pledget, pessary<\/b>, Hp. <i>Mul.<\/i> 1.84.<br\/><b>ballot-ball<\/b>, Arist. <i>Ath.<\/i> 63.2. (Lat. <b>glans<\/b>, Slav. <i>želądi<\/i>, Lith. <i>gὶle<\/i>.)"
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ἡ, auch ὁ, Aesop. 123,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>die Eichel<\/i> (Frucht der δρῦς), von Hom. an überall ; <i>Od<\/i>. 10.242, 13.409, beide Male Homerisch sing. anstatt des plur. – Uebh. <i>eichelähnliche Früchte<\/i>, für die die Griechen keine eigene Namen hatten,<br\/>   <b>a)<\/b> <i>Dattel<\/i>, Her. 1.193 ; ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ φοίνικος Xen. <i>An<\/i>. 1.5.10, 2.3.15.<br\/>   <b>b)<\/b> <i>die echte Kastanie<\/i>, Διὸς βάλανος Diosc., auch Σαρδιαναί u. Εὐβοϊκαί genannt.<br\/>   <b>c)<\/b> <i>eine Art Nüsse<\/i>, Διὸς βάλανοι, s. Ath. II.53b ff.<br\/><b>d)<\/b> die von Aerzten gebrauchte β. μυρεψική, <i>Behennuß<\/i>. – Auch <i>die Eiche<\/i> selbst, Theophr. – Wegen ähnlicher Gestalt:<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>eine Art Seemuschel<\/i>, Arist. <i>H.A<\/i>. 4.8 ; vgl. Epicharm. Ath. III.85d.<br\/><b>3)<\/b> <i>der vordere Teil des männlichen Gliedes, Eichel<\/i>, Arist. <i>H.A<\/i>. 1.13 ; Sp.<br\/><b>4)<\/b> ein länglicher eiserner <i>Zapfen<\/i>, der durch den vorgeschobenen Riegel, μοχλός, in ein Loch in der Türpfoste, βαλανοδόκη, geschoben und beim Eröffnen der Tür durch einen Schlüssel oder Haken, βαλανάγρα, wieder herausgehoben wurde, Thuc. 2.4 ; Ar. <i>Vesp<\/i>. 200 ; Aen.Tact. 18. Aehnlich von einem Schloß am Halsband, Ar. <i>Lys<\/i>. 410.<br\/><b>5)<\/b> Bei Hippocr. <i>eine Art Seifenzäpfchen<\/i>."
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                    "dictionary": "TBESG",
                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": "1. <b>an acorn <\/b>, Lat. <i>glans<\/i>, the fruit of the φηγός, given to swine, (Odyssey by Homer):—; <b>any similar fruit, the date <\/b>, (Herdotus Historicus) <br\/>2. from similarity of shape, <b>an iron peg, a bolt-pin <\/b>, Lat. <i>pessulus<\/i>, passed through the wooden bar ( μοχλός) into the door-post, so that the bar could not be removed till the pin was taken out with a hook ( βαλανάγρα), (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)"
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