- βάλανος
- a pin
- 1. an acorn , Lat. glans, the fruit of the φηγός, given to swine, [8th/7th c.BC]:—; any similar fruit, the date , [Refs 5th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC]
2. from similarity of shape, an iron peg, a bolt-pin , Lat. pessulus, 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), [5th/4th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC] (ML)