Βαλανάγρα
bolt-hook
Translated by Jennifer Benedict14 Apr 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a key, [the word deriving] from hooking [a)greu/ein ] the bolt [ba/lanos ]. A bolt is the iron [part] for the bar, which [sc. nowadays] we call a ma/gganon ["door-pin"]. Also [sc. attested are] ba/lanoi ["bolts"], [meaning] the pins of the fastening. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] bebala/nwtai ["has been bolted"], meaning has been fastened.