βάλλις
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A plant with wonderful medicinal properties, Xanth. 16.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βάλλις: -εως, ἡ, ἄγνωστον φυτόν, περὶ οὗ ὑπετίθετο ὅτι εἶχε θαυμασίας ἰατρικὰς ἰδιότητας, ἴδε Creuzer Ξανθ. Λυδ. Ἀποσπ. 16.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
• Morfología: [gen. -ιθος EM 186.33G.; lat. ac. balim Plin.HN 25.14 (= Xanth.3)]
bot. planta c. propiedades mágicas para hacer resucitar a los muertos, Xanth.3, Arc.30.14, EM l.c.
Frisk Etymological English
-εως
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: Medic. plant (Xanth. 16).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown. S. L.Robert, Ét. Anatol. 156-8. Cf. βάλ(λ)αρις, βαλλωτή, βαλίς.
Frisk Etymology German
βάλλις: -εως
{bállis}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Pflanze mit wunderbaren mediz. Eigenschaften (Xanth. 16).
Etymology : Dunkel. Vgl. die anklingenden Pflanzennamen βάλ(λ)αρις, βαλλωτή.
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