ἡνία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), Dor. [[ἁνία]], ἡνίων, τά (v. sub fin.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[reins]], Il.5.226, Od.3.483, Hes.''Sc.''95, Pi.''P.''4.18, ''I.''1.15: rare exc. in Poets, [[ἐφ' ἡνία]] = [[ἐφ' ἡνίαν]] (v. sq.), Ael.''Tact.''19.12.<br><span class="bld">II</span> sg., [[ἡνίον]], τό, [[bit]], Poll.1.148. (I.-E. n̥̄siyo-, cf. Skt. nāsyam '[[nose]]-[[rein]]', Ir. éssi '[[reins]]'.)<br /><br />(B), Dor. [[ἁνία]], ἡ, post-Hom.,= foreg.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bridle]], [[reins]], in plural, Pi. ''P.''5.32, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''193, etc.; πρὸς ἡνίας μάχεσθαι Id.''Pr.''1010; <b class="b3">εἰς τοὐπίσω ἑλκύσαι τὰς ἡ.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''254c: less freq. in sg., <b class="b3">Ἥλιε.. ἐπισχὼν χρυσόνωτον ἡ.</b> [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''847; ἡ. χαλᾶν E.''Fr.''409: the sg. for one [[rein]], ἔπειτα λύων ἡ. ἀριστεράν S.''El.''743.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., Ἔρως.. ἡνίας ηὔθυνε παλιντόνους [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1739; δυοῖν γυναικοῖν ἄνδρ' ἕν' ἡνίας ἔχειν [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''178; ἐφεῖναι καὶ χαλάσαι τὰς ἡ. τοῖς λόγοις Pl.''Prt.''338a; <b class="b3">παραλαβοῦσαι τῆς πόλεως τὰς ἡ.</b> Ar.''Ec.''466; <b class="b3">τούτῳ παραδώσω τῆς πυκνὸς τὰς ἡ.</b> Id.''Eq.'' 1109; γαστρὸς πᾶσαν ἡ. κρατεῖν Men.''Mon.''81; τῷ δήμῳ τὰς ἡ. ἀνείς Plu.''Per.''11; <b class="b3">ἐνδιδόναι τοῖς βουλήμασι τὰς ἡ.</b> D.H.7.35; παρὰ τὴν ἡ. πράττειν Philostr.''Im.''2.18; <b class="b3">πρὸς ταῖς ἡ.</b>, of high officials, ''BCH''32.431 (Delos); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῶν ἡ.</b> [[LXX]] ''1 Ma.''6.28.<br><span class="bld">3</span> as a military term, [[ἐφ' ἡνίαν]] = [[wheeling to the left]] the left being the [[bridle]] ([[hand]]), Plb. 10.23.2, Ascl. ''Tact.''10.2, Polyaen.4.3.21; [τὸν ἵππον] περισπάσας ἐφ' ἡνίαν τῷ χαλινῷ Plu.''Marc.''6; [[ἐξ ἡνίας]], opp. [[ἐκ δόρατος]], Plb.11.23.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> any [[leather]] [[thong]], esp. [[sandal]]-[[thong]], ἡνίαι Λακωνικαί Ar.''Ec.''508.