ΒΑΛΑΝΕΙΩΝ, βαλανειων
BALANEIŌN, balaneiōn
Sounds Like: bah-lah-NEH-ohn
Translations: of baths, of bathhouses
From the root: ΒΑΛΑΝΕΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to public or private bathing establishments, often elaborate and including facilities for exercise, socializing, and relaxation. It is used here in the genitive plural, indicating possession or origin, such as 'of the baths' or 'belonging to the bathhouses'.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 7:329
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:39
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 13:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΑΛΑΝΕΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΑΛΑΝΕΙΑ — baths, bathhouses
- ΒΑΛΑΝΕΙΟΝ — bath, bathhouse, a bath, a bathhouse
- ΤΟΒΑΛΑΝΕΙΟΝ — the bathhouse, a bathhouse
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