The corpus record

ἡνιοχ-έω

eniocheo

hold the reins

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Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Phaedrus 2 · 1.2/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ἡνιοχ-έω · hēnioch-eō — LSJ

hold the reins, drive, to be guided

hold the reins, ἀνωτέρω, . . κατωτέρω ταῖς χερσίν higher up or lower down, i.e. longer or shorter, X. Eq. 7.10: c. acc., drive, ἅρματα Hdt. 4.193; λέοντας Luc. DDeor. 20[12].2: metaph., Μουσῶν στόμαθʼ ἡνιοχήσας Ar. V. 1022; τὴν διάνοιαν Luc. Am. 37; ἔθνεα . . φρεσὶν ἡ. Epigr.Gr. 922 (Emesa); τῆς ἱερᾶς κεφαλῆς τῆς πάντα -ούσης Lib. Ep. 987.5; βασιλεύει καὶ ἡ. Plu. Symp. 2.155a: rarely c. gen., συνωρίδος Pl. Phdr. 246b:—Pass., to be guided, ib. 253d, X. Cyr. 6.1.29: metaph., of the months, AP 7.48

In the wild

ἡνιοχεῖ · hēniochei Plato, Phaedrus 246 (DIORISIS sentence 383)
ἡνιοχεῖται · hēniocheitai Plato, Phaedrus 253 (DIORISIS sentence 478)
ἡνιοχεῖσθαι · hēniocheisthai Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.1.29 (DIORISIS sentence 3076)
ἡνιοχεῖν · hēniochein Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.9 (DIORISIS sentence 29)
ἡνιοχείτω · hēniocheitō Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 7.10 (DIORISIS sentence 213)

Where it came from

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