ζυγόν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dzugón, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζῠγόν (zugón) n (genitive ζῠγοῦ); second declension

  1. yoke, for joining animals
  2. yoke, burden
  3. in general, anything which joins two pieces together: cross-bar, plank, beam
  4. the balancing beam of a scale; the scale itself
  5. (astrology) the constellation Libra
  6. rank (of soldiers)

Usage notes

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ζυγός (zygós)

References

  • ζυγόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ζυγόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ζυγόν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ζυγόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ζυγόν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ζυγόν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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