- ἡνία
- ἡνίαGrammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: `reins, bridles' (Hom., Hes., Pi.)Other forms: ἡνίαι f. pl., also -ία sg. (posthom.), Dor. ἁν- (ἀν-)Dialectal forms: Myc.anija \/anhiai\/, dat. pl. anijapi. So the neut. is secondary?Compounds: As 1. member e.g. in ἡνί-οχος "driver,", ` charioteer' (Il.; ep. also -ῆα, -ῆες, metr. conditioned) with ἡνιοχ-ικός, -έω (ep. -εύω), -ησις, -εία. As 2. member e. g. in χρυσ-ήνιος `with goldenen reins'.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [48] *h₂ensiā `rein'Etymology: As Lac. ἀνιοχίο̄ν = ἡνιοχέων (IG 5 [1], 213) seems to point to original psilosis (origin of the aspir. unknown), ἀ̄νία can go back on *ἀνσία and be identical with a Celtic word for `rein', MIr. ē(i)si pl. (\< *ansio-). One connects further some Lat., Balt. and Germ. expressions for `grip, handle', Lat. ānsa = Lith. ąsà, OWNo. ǣs f. (\< *ansiā) `hole for shoe-strings' (because of the meaning very doubtful). - Walde Stand u. Aufgaben 153f. More in Bq., W.-Hofmann s. ānsa, Puhvel Lang. 30, 456f.Page in Frisk: 1,637
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.