ἡνία
henia
reins
Appears 30 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἡνία (A), Dor. ἁνία, ίων, τά (v. sub fin.), A. reins, Il. 5.226, Od. 3.483, Sc. 95, P. 4.18, I. 1.15: rare exc. in Poets, ἐφʼ ἡνία,= ἐφʼ ἡνίαν (v. sq.), Tact. 19.12. II. sg., ἡνίον, τό, bit, 1.148. (I.-E. ṇsiyo-, cf. Skt. nāsyam ‘nose-rein’, Ir. éssi ‘reins’.)
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