πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων → from men of the east or of the west
bălănītes: ae, m., = βαλανίτης (acornshaped),I an unknown precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 149; Isid. Orig. 16, 15, 10.