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χαλινός

chalinos · ὁ

bit, bit, rein

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Where it lives

  • On the Art of Horsemanship 28 · 40.3/10k
  • Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
  • Seven Against Thebes 3 · 5.96/10k
  • James 1 · 5.85/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
  • Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
  • Laches 2 · 2.61/10k
  • Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
  • Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
  • Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
  • Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Persians 1 · 1.96/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

bit, bit, rein, bit, bit and bridle

bit, once in Hom., ἐν δὲ χαλινοὺς γαμφηλῇς ἔβαλον Il. 19.393; χαλινὸν ἐμβαλεῖν γνάθοις E. Alc. 492; χ. ἐξαιρεῖται X. Eq. 3.2; of the horse, χ. οὐκ ἐπίσταται φέρειν (metaph. of Cassandra) A. Ag. 1066; χ. δέχεσθαι, λαμβάνειν, X. Eq. 3.2, 6.10; λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, Arist. Rh. 1393b16, 21; τὸν χ. ἐνδακεῖν champ the bit, Pl. Phdr. 254d; of the rider, δοτέον τὸν χ. one must give a horse the rein, X. Eq. 10.12; ὀπίσω σπάσαι, ξυνέχειν ἀνάγκῃ, Pl. Phdr. 254e, Luc. DDeor. 24[25].1; [χ.] εἰς ἄκρον τὸ στόμα καθιέ

2 anything which curbs, restrains, compels, a bridle to curb

metaph., of anything which curbs, restrains, or compels, Ἀργοῦς χ., of an anchor, Pi. P. 4.25; χ. λινόδετοι, = χαλινωτήρια, E. IT 1043; παρθενίας χ. λύειν, of the virgin zone, Pi. I. 8(7).48; χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισιν, of Prometheus’ bonds, A. Pr. 562 (anap.); Διὸς χ., of the will of Zeus, ib. 672; χαλινῶν ἀναύδῳ μένει, of forcible constraint, Id. Ag. 238 (lyr.); πολλῶν χαλινῶν ἔργον οἰάκων θʼ ἅμα, i.e. it requires much skill and force to guide, S. Fr. 869; τῷ δήμῳ χ. ἐμβαλεῖν ὕβρεως a bridle to c

II strap, thong

generally, strap, thong, E. Cyc. 461 (dual).

III tackle of a ship

part of the tackle of a ship, IG 2(2).1610.11,14.

IV corner of the, mouth

corner of the horseʼs mouth, where the bit rests, Poll. 2.90 (pl.); of the human mouth, Nic. Al. 117, 223, PUniv.Giss. 44.7, (ii/i B. C.), Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.31.4, Sor. 1.100, PSI 9.1016.25 (ii B. C.), Aret. SA 1.9, Cael.Aur. TP 1.4, Aët. 8.27; but, = ἡ σύνδεσις τῶν γνάθων, Ruf. Onom. 53, cf. Aët. 8.40.

2 fangs of serpents

fangs of serpents, from their shape and position in the mouth, Nic. Th. 234.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χαλινός (scan p. 1661; entry #6506).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χαλινός (scan pp. 1262-1263; entry #8645).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χαλινός (scan pp. 2039-2040; entry #6045).

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