balanus

See also: Balanus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).

Noun

balanus (plural balani)

1. (anatomy) The glans

   Synonyms: glans, (archaic) nut

   • 1763, A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences:

     GLANS, in anatomy, the anterior extremity of the penis, called by other different names, as the head of the penis, the nut of the penis, and the balanus of the penis.

   • 1806, John Howard, Practical observations, page 21:

     There is both a local and a general predisposition to Lues Venerea: Jews and Mahometans, from the constant exposure of the glans and prepuce, have the cuticle of the balanus of much firmer texture than those who have not been circumcised.

   • 1998, Vascular Diagnosis with Ultrasound:

     [...] and stretches into the balanus of the penis.

Derived terms

• balanic
  • subbalanic
• balanitis
• balano-

Related terms

• balaniferous

Translations

glans — see glans

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.la.nys/

Noun

balanus m (plural balani)

1. Alternative form of balane

Latin

Alternative forms

• balana, balania (late)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈba.la.nus/, [ˈbäɫ̪änʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.la.nus/, [ˈbäːlänus]

Noun

balanus f (genitive balanī); second declension

1. an acorn
2. a fruit or other object similar in form to an acorn:
   1. a chestnut
   2. the ben-nut (Moringa)
   3. a date
   4. a suppository
   5. a species of shellfish
3. the bell-end; the dickhead

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	balanus	balanī
genitive	balanī	balanōrum
dative	balanō	balanīs
accusative	balanum	balanōs
ablative	balanō	balanīs
vocative	balane	balanī

Descendants

• Catalan: bàlan
• French: balane
• Italian: balano
• Portuguese: bálano
• Spanish: bálano
• → English: balanus
• → French: balanus (learned)
• → Translingual: Balanus

References

“balanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “balanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• balanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• balanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “balanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Blondeau, Pierre Nicolas, and Noel, François. Dictionarium eroticum latino-gallicum. France, I. Liseaux, 1885.