βαλαντίδιον

Ancient Greek

Noun

βαλαντίδῐον • (balantídion) n (genitive βαλαντιδίου); second declension

  1. a pouch (for money)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Heliodorus of Emesa, “2.3.3”, in Aethiopica:
      Καὶ ὃς ὑπὸ μάλης βαλαντίδιον ἔχων προκομίσας ἐπεδείκνυε λίθων πολυτίμων ὑπερφυές τι χρῆμα
      Kaì hòs hupò málēs balantídion ékhōn prokomísas epedeíknue líthōn polutímōn huperphués ti khrêma
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