Meaning of habena | Babel Free

Definitions

1. thong, strap; shoestrings, shoelacess
   declension-1
2. reins of a bridle
   declension-1, in-plural
3. commandement, direction, sway, dominion
   declension-1, in-plural
4. lash, whip, scourge
   declension-1
5. sheet
   declension-1
6. a small strip of diseased flesh cut out from the body
   declension-1, rare

Examples

“Near-synonyms: lōrum, ligula /lingula, āmentum”

“Coordinate term: frēnum”

“habēnās dāre/immitere/linquere”

to confide/hand/leave the government of

“… Rēgemque dedit quī foedere certō”

And [Jupiter] gave [the winds] a king who by chartered agreement would know how to restrain as well as to give loosened reins [to them], [the king] having been commanded [to do so]. (Jupiter commands King Aeolus who metaphorically can harness the winds much as a charioteer drives horses. See Aeolus (son of Hippotes).)

“Hīc rēgum sceptrum dominus tenet”

Here the lord of kings holds his sceptre, and controls the reins of the world

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