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frenum.

bridle/harness/rein/bit; harnessed horses/team; check/restraint/brake; mastery;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfreː.nũː]Classical-Latin[ˈfrɛː.num]

  1. bridle, harness, curb, bit

    declension-2
    circumagere frēnīs equōs
    addere frēna equīs

  2. means of guiding or governing; restraint, check, limit

    declension-2

  3. horse, steed, charger

    declension-2 · poetic

  4. that which holds things together; band

    declension-2 · obsolete · rare · usually

  5. ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans

    declension-2 · usually
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-nom Proto-Italic *θrēnomder. Proto-Italic *frēnom Latin frenum From Proto-Italic *frēnom, from earlier *θrēnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-nom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognates include ferē, fermē and firmus.

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