βαλανεῖον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">warm bath, -room</b> (Ar.).<br />Derivatives: [[βαλανεύς]] m. [[bath-man]] (Ar.) basis of deriv. (cf. [[κναφεῖον]] : [[κναφεύς]] etc..)? Also [[βαλανίτης]] (<b class="b3">-είτης</b>, s. Redard, Noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 12, 38) [[bather]] (Plb.). [[βαλανάριον]] n. (pap., inscr.) with the Lat. Suffix <b class="b2">-ārium</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: An attempt to derive the word from [[βάλανος]] [[acorn]] as [[stopper]] in DELG; improbable. For bathing with warm water, which is prob. an Aegaean custom, we expect a Pre-Gr. word, like [[ἀσάμινθος]]. The structure of the word is typically Pre-Gr.: <b class="b3">βαλ-αν-</b> (with <b class="b3">β-</b>, <b class="b3">-α-</b>, <b class="b3">-αν-</b>). - From [[βαλανεῖον]] Lat. <b class="b2">bal(i)neum</b>.