The corpus record

χᾰλῑν-όω

chalinoo

bridle, bit, curb, bridle, check

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Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

bridle, bit

bridle or bit a horse, X. Cyr. 3.3.27, An. 3.4.35, HG 7.2.21:—Pass., Id. Eq. 5.1, Plb. 3.65.6, etc.

II curb, bridle, check, to be bridled, curbed, to be tongue-tied

metaph., curb, bridle, check, τὴν ναῦν Philostr. VA 3.23; [φόβον, ἐπιθυμίαν] Epicur. Fr. 485; τὴν ὀργήν, τὸν θυμόν, Ps.-Phoc. 57, Them. Or. 34p.454Dind.; τὸ φιλόφωνον καὶ λάλον Plu. Sollert. 2.967b; τὴν ἀλογίαν Hierocl. in CA 8p.431M.; τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀπληστίαν Lib. Or. 47.35:—Pass., to be bridled, curbed, τῇ φρουρᾷ καὶ τοῖς ὁμήροις Plu. Arat. 38; ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου Philostr. VA 4.30: abs., to be tongue-tied, Hp. Mul. 1.2.

In the wild

χαλινοῖ · chalinoi Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 153)
χαλινῶσαι · chalinōsai Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.35 (DIORISIS sentence 1400)
χαλινῶσαι · chalinōsai Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.27 (DIORISIS sentence 1580)
ἐχαλίνουν · echalinoun Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.2.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1884)
ἐχαλίνουν · echalinoun Xenophon, Hellenica 7.2.21 (DIORISIS sentence 3308)
ἐχαλίνουν · echalinoun Xenophon, Hellenica 7.5.22 (DIORISIS sentence 3598)

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Where it came from

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