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balaneia

balaneia is the plural of balaneion.

Meaning of balaneion

Noun

balaneion (plural balaneia)

  1. An ancient Greek bathhouse.
    • But these balaneia had nothing to do with the gymnasia, and are indeed sharply contrasted with them. To frequent them was considered, at all events among old-fashioned folk, to be a sign of effeminacy. Aristophanes bitterly complains that the effect of the new-fashioned education was to empty the...1910, E[dward] Norman Gardiner, “The Gymnasium and the Palaestra”, in Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals, London: Macmillan and Co., […], pages 479–480

Questions about balaneia

What is balaneia the plural of?
Balaneia is the plural of balaneion.

Words near balaneia in the dictionary

  1. Balandran
  2. balandrana
  3. balandranas
  4. Balandrans
  5. balandras
  6. balaneia
  7. balaneion
  8. balanephagous
  9. Balanga
  10. Balangasan
  11. balangay

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