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† bālaena (bālēna), ae, f., = φάλαινα, Engl. whale (cf. Fest. p. 25, and the letter B.), a whale, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 61; Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 21; 9, 13, 15, § 41; 11, 40, 95, § 235; Ov. M. 2, 9; Juv. 10, 14; Aus. Mos. 144.

bālaenācĭus (bālēn-), a, um, adj. [balaena], of whalebone: virga, Petr. 21, 2.

bălănātus, a, um, adj. [balanus, II. 3.], anointed or perfumed with balsam, embalmed, Pers. 4, 37; cf. Prisc. p. 836 P.

† bălănĭnus, a, um, adj., = βαλάνινος, made or prepared from the fruit of the balsam (v. balanus, II. 3.): oleum, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8.

† bălănītes, ae, m., = βαλανίτης (acornshaped), an unknown precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 149; Isid. Orig. 16, 15, 10.

† bălănĭtis, ĭdis, f., = βαλανῖτις, skaped like an acorn: castanea, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 93.

† bălănus, i, f. and rarely m. (masc., Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48; 15, 23, 25, § 93; Metell. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9; cf. Rudd. I. p. 31), = βάλανος.

  1. I. Lit., an acorn: glans, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 21; 17, 20, 34, § 151; 13, 4, 9, § 42.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Any fruit of similar form.
      1. 1. A kind of large chestnut, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 93.
      2. 2. The Phœnician and Cilician date, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48.
      3. 3. A nut yielding a balsam; the Arabian behen- or ben-nut: Hyperanthera semidecandra, Vahl. (called myrobalanus, Plin. 12, 21, 46, § 100; 22, 20, 23, § 49): pressa tuis balanus capillis, Hor. C. 3, 29, 4.
        Also for the tree itself, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61.
    2. B. In gen., any object in the form of an acorn.
      1. 1. Medic. t., a suppository, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 43; 24, 6, 21, § 31; 26, 8, 34, § 54; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 12.
      2. 2. A shell-fish, a species cf sea-mussel, Col. 8, 16, 7; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 8; Metell. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9.

1. bălā̆tro, ōnis, m. [2. blatero]; lit., a babbler; hence, a jester, one who makes sport, a buffoon (it seems to have desig-nated a class of actors, perh. a harlequin, jester, or something similar): mendici, mimae, balatrones, hoc genus omne, Hor. S. 1, 2, 2; Vop. Carin. 21.
Facetè, in Varr. as a designation of his friends when in dispute, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1 Schneid.

2. Bălā̆tro, ōnis, m. nom. prop., cognomen of Servilius, Hor. S. 2, 8, 21; 2, 8, 33; 2, 8, 40; 2, 8, 64; 2, 8, 83; cf.: in modum rustici Balatronis, Hier. Ep. 153; cf. scurra.

bālātus, ūs, m. [balo], the bleating of sheep, Lucr. 2, 369: agni Balatum exercent, Verg. A. 9, 62; id. G. 3, 554; Ov. M. 7, 319; 7, 320; Stat. Th. 10, 46.
Also in plur., Ov. M. 7, 540.
Of the bleating of goats, Plin. 20, 14, 55, § 156; Aus. Epigr. 76, 3.

† bălaustĭum, ii, n., = βαλαύστιον, the flower of the wild pomegranate, Plin. 13, 19, 34, § 113; Col. 10, 297; Scrib. Comp. 85 and 112; Veg. Vet. 3, 16, 1.