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|Definition=(Aeol. [[χάλιννος]] prob. in ''Et.Gud.''561.5), ὁ, heterocl. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> χαλινά A.R.4.1607, Opp.''H.''1.191, Plu.2.613c, Sor.1.100, etc.:—[[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, χαλινὸν οὐκ ἐπίσταται φέρειν (metaph. of Cassandra) A.''Ag.''1066; χαλινὸν [[δέχεσθαι]], χαλινὸν [[λαμβάνειν]], X.''Eq.''3.2, 6.10; [[λαβεῖν]], [[ἔχειν]], Arist.''Rh.''1393b16, 21; <b class="b3">τὸν χαλινὸν ἐνδακεῖν</b> [[champ]] the [[bit]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''254d; of the rider, <b class="b3">δοτέον τὸν χαλινόν</b> one must give a [[horse]] the [[rein]], X.''Eq.''10.12; <b class="b3">ὀπίσω σπάσαι, ξυνέχειν ἀνάγκῃ</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''254e, Luc.''DDeor.''25.1; [χ.] εἰς [[ἄκρον]] τὸ [[στόμα]] [[καθιέμενος]] X.''Eq.''6.9.—Expld. of the [[bit]], opp. [[reins]] ([[ἡνία|ἡνίαι]]), by Poll.1.148; so ἡνίας τε.. καὶ χ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 601c; χαλινὸν τινα χαλκεῖ ἐκδιδόντα σκευάσαι Id.''Prm.''127a; κατὰ [τὸν κυνόδοντα] ἐμβάλλεται ὁ χ. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''576b18, cf. A.''Th.''123 (lyr.), S.''OC''1067 (lyr.); but distinguished from [[στόμιον]] by [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.215, cf. A.''Th.''207 (lyr.), X.''Eq.''6.9, 10.9, etc.; and may be used generally for [[bit]] and [[bridle]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.118, 4.64, ''IG''12.374.176, ''PCair.Zen.''659.11 (iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., of anything which [[curb]]s, [[restrain]]s, or [[compel]]s, <b class="b3">Ἀργοῦς χαλινόν</b>, of an [[anchor]], Pi.''P.''4.25; <b class="b3">χ. λινόδετοι</b> = [[χαλινωτήρια]], E.''IT''1043; <b class="b3">παρθενίας χ. λύειν</b>, of the [[virgin]] [[zone]], Pi.''I.''8(7).48; <b class="b3">χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισιν</b>, of [[Prometheus]]' [[bond]]s, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''562 (anap.); <b class="b3">Διὸς χαλινός</b>, of the [[will]] of [[Zeus]], ib.672; <b class="b3">χαλινῶν ἀναύδῳ μένει</b>, of [[forcible]] [[constraint]], Id.''Ag.''238 (lyr.); <b class="b3">πολλῶν χαλινῶν ἔργον οἰάκων θ' ἅμα</b>, i.e. it [[require]]s much [[skill]] and [[force]] to [[guide]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''869; <b class="b3">τῷ δήμῳ χ. ἐμβαλεῖν ὕβρεως</b> a [[bridle]] to [[curb]] their [[violence]], Plu.''Comp.Per.Fab.''1, cf. Luc.''Herm.''82; τῆς γλώττης τὰ χ. Plu.2.613c; ἐπέστω τῷ στόματι χ. Lib.''Ep.''315.4; χ. οὐδεὶς ὀμμάτων Philostr. ''VA''6.11.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[strap]], [[thong]], E.''Cyc.''461 (dual).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[part]] of the [[tackle]] of a [[ship]], IG22.1610.11,14.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[corner]] of the [[horse]]'s [[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 [[γνάθος|γνάθων]], Ruf.''Onom.'' 53, cf. Aët.8.40.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fang]]s of [[serpent]]s, from their shape and position in the mouth, Nic.''Th.''234.