βαλλάντιον

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A bag, pouch, purse, [Simon.]178, Epich.10 (βαλ-), Ar.Eq.707, al., Thphr.Char.17.5; παῖς ἐκ βαλλαντίου a supposititious child, TeleclId.41.    II javelin (as if from βάλλω), a pun in Dionys. ap.Ath.3.98d. (The spelling βαλλ-is better attested than that with βαλ-, cf. Phld.Rh.1.354 S., etc.; cf. βαλλαντιοτομέω, -τόμος.)