χαλινός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • χάλιννος (khálinnos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek origin is probable, as it is difficult to explain "χαλ-" from Indo-European and as a suffix "-ιν-" is frequent in Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χᾰλῑνός • (khălīnós) m (genitive χᾰλῑνοῦ); second declension

  1. bridle, rein, bit
    Synonyms: ἡνία (hēnía), ῥυτήρ (rhutḗr)
  2. part of the tackle of a ship
  3. anything that restrains from the outer
  4. corner of the mouth of a horse or human

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χᾰλῑνός; τοῦ χᾰλῑνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χᾰλῑνός
ho khălīnós 		τὼ χᾰλῑνώ
tṑ khălīnṓ 		οἱ χᾰλῑνοί
hoi khălīnoí
Genitive τοῦ χᾰλῑνοῦ
toû khălīnoû 		τοῖν χᾰλῑνοῖν
toîn khălīnoîn 		τῶν χᾰλῑνῶν
tôn khălīnôn
Dative τῷ χᾰλῑνῷ
tōî khălīnōî 		τοῖν χᾰλῑνοῖν
toîn khălīnoîn 		τοῖς χᾰλῑνοῖς
toîs khălīnoîs
Accusative τὸν χᾰλῑνόν
tòn khălīnón 		τὼ χᾰλῑνώ
tṑ khălīnṓ 		τοὺς χᾰλῑνούς
toùs khălīnoús
Vocative χᾰλῑνέ
khălīné 		χᾰλῑνώ
khălīnṓ 		χᾰλῑνοί
khălīnoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • χαλιναγογέω (khalinagogéō)
  • χαλιναγωγία (khalinagōgía)
  • χαλιναγωγός (khalinagōgós)
  • χαλινάριον (khalinárion)
  • χαλινῖτις (khalinîtis)
  • χαλινοποιική (khalinopoiikḗ)
  • χαλινοποιός (khalinopoiós)
  • χαλινουργός (khalinourgós)
  • χαλινοφάγος (khalinophágos)
  • χαλινόω (khalinóō)
  • χαλίνωσις (khalínōsis)
  • χαλινωτήρια (khalinōtḗria)
  • χρῡσοχᾰ́λῑνος (khrūsokhắlīnos)

Descendants

  • Greek: χαλινός (chalinós)
  • → Arabic: كَالُون (kālūn), كَيْلُون (kaylūn, “lock installed onto something; padlock”)
  • → New Latin: chalīnos (“corner of the mouth, the part of the cheek most close to the lips”)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܟܠܴܢܳܐ (klānā, “bar or bolt for fastening doors, sera”)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χαλινός (khalinós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.liˈnos/
  • Hyphenation: χα‧λι‧νός

Noun

χαλινός • (chalinós) m (plural χαλινοί)

  1. formal variant of χαλινάρι (chalinári, “bridle; bit”)
  2. frenulum

Declension

Declension of χαλινός
singular plural
nominative χαλινός (chalinós) χαλινοί (chalinoí)
genitive χαλινού (chalinoú) χαλινών (chalinón)
accusative χαλινό (chalinó) χαλινούς (chalinoús)
vocative χαλινέ (chaliné) χαλινοί (chalinoí)

Further reading

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