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ἡνία

henia

bridle, reins

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἡνία (B), Dor. ἁνία, ἡ, post-Hom.,= foreg., A. bridle, reins, in pl., Pi. P. 5.32, A. Pers. 193, etc.; πρὸς ἡνίας μάχεσθαι Id. Pr. 1010; εἰς τοὐπίσω ἑλκύσαι τὰς ἡ. Pl. Phdr. 254c: less freq. in sg., Ἥλιε . . ἐπισχὼν χρυσόνωτον ἡ. S. Aj. 847; ἡ. χαλᾶν E. Fr. 409: the sg. for one rein, ἔπειτα λύων ἡ. ἀριστεράν S. El. 743. 2. metaph., Ἔρως . . ἡνίας ηὔθυνε παλιντόνους Ar. Av. 1739; δυοῖν γυναικοῖν ἄνδρʼ ἕνʼ ἡνίας ἔχειν E. Andr. 178; ἐφεῖναι καὶ χαλάσαι τὰς ἡ. τοῖς λόγοις Pl. Prt. 338a; παραλαβοῦσαι τῆς πόλεως τὰς ἡ. Ar. Ec. 466; τούτῳ παραδώσω τῆς πυκνὸς τὰς ἡ. Id. Eq. 1109; γαστρὸς πᾶσαν ἡ. κρατεῖν Men. Mon. 81; τῷ δήμῳ τὰς ἡ. ἀνείς Plu. Per. 11; ἐνδιδόναι τοῖς βουλήμασι τὰς ἡ. D.H. 7.35; παρὰ τὴν ἡ. πράττειν Philostr. Im. 2.18; πρὸς ταῖς ἡ., of high officials, BCH 32.431 (Delos); ἐπὶ τῶν ἡ. LXX 1 Ma. 6.28. 3. as a military term, ἐφʼ 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 ἐφʼ ἡνίαν τῷ χαλινῷ Plu. Marc. 6; ἐξ ἡνίας, opp. ἐκ δόρατος, Plb. 11.23.6. II. any leather thong, esp. sandal-thong, ἡνίαι Λακωνικαί Ar. Ec. 508.
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