habena

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habena

Noun

habena (plural habenae)

  1. A restricting bandage or frenum

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From Latin habeō.

Pronunciation

Noun

habēna f (genitive habēnae); first declension

  1. thong, rein, lash, bridle.
  2. (naval, of a ship's rigging) sheet.

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative habēna habēnae
Genitive habēnae habēnārum
Dative habēnae habēnīs
Accusative habēnam habēnās
Ablative habēnā habēnīs
Vocative habēna habēnae

References

  • habena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • habena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • habena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • with loose reins: freno remisso; effusis habenis
    • to tighten the reins: habenas adducere
    • to slacken the reins: habenas permittere
  • habena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • habena in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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