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χαλινός .χᾰλῑνός, οῦ, ὁ, a bridle, bit, Il.; χαλινὸν ἐμβαλεῖν γνάθοις Eur.:—of the horse, χαλινὸν οὐκ ἐπίσταται φέρειν Aesch.; χ. δέχεσθαι Xen.; χ. ἐνδακεῖν to champ the bit, Plat.:—of the rider, τὸν χ. διδόναι to give a horse the rein, Xen.; ὀπίσω σπᾶν Plat. metaph. of anything which curbs or restrains, of an anchor, Pind.; χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισι, of Prometheus bound to the rock, Aesch. generally, a strap or thong, Eur. Hence

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a bridle, bit

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Headword:

χαλινός

Headword (normalized):

χαλινός

Headword (normalized/stripped):

χαλινος

IDX:

35411

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35451

Key:

xalino/s

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