χαλάω + ἡνία
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
χαλινός
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
khalinos
English translation (word)
bit (of a horse)
Transliteration (Etymon)
khalaō + hēnia
English translation (etymon)
to loosen + reins
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 139
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Georgii Choerobosci epimerismi in Psalmos, vol. 3, Oxford, 1842
Quotation
χαλινός, παρὰ τὸ χαλᾶν τὰ ἡνία
Translation (En)
Khalinos "bit", from khalân "to loosen" and hēnia "rains"
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has χαλινός as a learned word meaning "bit" of a horse (the usual word is χαλινάρι) and "commissure" (anatomical)
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional functional etymology, meant to account for the proper meaning of χαλινός "bit" of a horse. The word is parsed as a VO compound "rein-loosening" (χαλ-ιν-ός). This implies a iotacizing pronunciation of η