habena

habena

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habena.

Noun

habena (plural habenae)

1. A restricting bandage or frenum

Anagrams

• Bahena

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Latin

Etymology

From Latin habeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /haˈbeː.na/, [häˈbeːnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.na/, [äˈbɛːnä]

Noun

habēna f (genitive habēnae); first declension

1. thong, rein, lash, bridle
   • 524 CE, Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 4.1m:

     Hīc rēgum sceptrum dominus tenet
     Orbisque habēnās temperat

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

2. (naval, of a ship's rigging) sheet

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Descendants

• → Proto-Brythonic: *aβuɨn (see there for further descendants)

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