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1 ζεύγνυμι
ζεύγνυμι, - ύωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `bring under the yoke, unite' (Il.)Other forms: Aor. ζεῦξαι, pass. ζυγῆναι, ζευχθῆναι, fut. ζεύξω, perf. pass. ἔζευγμαι (Il.), perf. act. ἔζευχα (Philostr.)Derivatives: 1. ζεῦξις `yoking, bridging' (Hdt.), often to prefixcompp., e. g. σύ-, διά-, ἐπί-ζευξις (IA). 2. ὑπο-, ἀνα-, παρα-, ἀπο-ζυγή etc. (since Va), as simplex only pap. (IV-VIp) meaning `pair'. 3. ζεῦγμα `what is used for joining, bridge of boats, canal-lock etc.' (Th., E., Plb.) with ζευγματικόν `payment for a ship through a canal-lock' (pap.). 4. ζεύγλη `part of a yoking' (`yoke-cushion, loop attached to the yoke through which the beasts' heads were put', cf. Delebecque Cheval 60 and 179) etc. (Il.; s. below). 5. ζεῦγος, s. v. 6. ζυγόν, s. v. 7. - ζυξ, s. ζυγόν. 8. ζευκτήριος `apt for yoking, connecting', n. `yoke' (A.), ζευκτηρίαι pl. `ropes two fasten a rudder' ( Act. Ap. 27, 40); later 9. ζευκτήρ `connecter' (J.), f. - ειρα (Orph.); cf. Chantraine Formation 45, 62f. and below. 10. ( δια- etc.) ζευκτικός (hell.). 11. ζευκτός (Str., Plu.; s. below).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [508] *i̯eug- `yoke, connectEtymology: Bedie the athematic νυ-present ζεύγνυμι (with full grade; cf. δείκνυμι) the other languages have forms with inner nasal, Skt. yunák-ti `yokes, connects' (athem.), Lat. iung-ō (them.), Lith. jung-iù (jot pres.) `id.', or nasalless forms, Av. yaog-ǝt_ (3. sg. pret., athem.), yuǰ-yeite (3. sg., jot pras.). The other Greek forms too show full grade except the aorist ἐζύγην and the noun - ζυγη, e.g. the future and the σ-aorist (s. Schwyzer 751) but also the late nom. ag. ζευκτήρ (= Sktd. yoktár-), and the σι-(τι-)deriv. ζεῦξις and the late verbal adj. ζευκτός (against Sktd. (prá-)yukti-, yuktá-). - The λ-deriv. ζεύγ-λη is not connected with Lat. iŭgulum `clavicle' and Skt. yúgalam `pair'. S. also ζυγόν.Page in Frisk: 1,609-610Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ζεύγνυμι
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2 ζεύγνυμι
ζεύγνυμι (fut. ζεύξω: aor. ἔζευξεν; ζεῦξον; ζεύξαις（α); ζεῦξαι: pass. aor. ζευχθέντες, ζευχθεῖσα; ζυγέντες, ζυγέν, ζυγένθ coni. nom. n.)a bind fast, secure ἴυγγα τετράκναμον ἐν ἀλύτῳ ζεύξαισα κύκλῳ (sc. Μήδεια) P. 4.215 in tmesis,χαίταισι μὲν ζευχθέντες ἔπι στέφανοι O. 3.6
met., εἴργει δὲ πότμῳ ζυγένθ' ἕτερον ἕτερα (Er. Schmid: ζυγόν θ. codd.) N. 7.6 ἀμφοτερᾶν τοι χαρίτων σὺν θεοῖς ζεύξω τέλος καὶ τὸν ἀκερσεκόμαν Φοῖβον χορεύων καὶ τὰν ἁλιερκέα Ἰσθμοῦ δειράδ I shall secure an execution of both songs I. 1.6ἀμνάμονες δὲ βροτοί, ὅ τι μὴ σοφίας ἄωτον ἄκρον κλυταῖς ἐπέων ῥοαῖσιν ἐξίκηται ζυγέν I. 7.19
]ζευχθεῖσα προβώμ[ιο Pae. 10.20
b harness, yoke upἦ πόλλ' ἀμφὶ κρουνοῖς Πάγασον ζεῦξαι ποθέων ἔπαθεν O. 13.64
Ἄρτεμις οἰοπόλας ζεύξαισ' ἐν ὀργαῖς Βακχίαις φῦλον λεόντων[ Δ. 2. 20. of the chariot of song,ὦ Φίντις, ἀλλὰ ζεῦξον ἤδη μοι σθένος ἡμιόνων ᾆ τάχος O. 6.22
Θώρακος ὅσπερ ἐμὰν ποιπνύων χάριν τόδ' ἔζευξεν ἅρμα Πιερίδων P. 10.65
ἅρμα δ' ὀτρύνει Χρομίου Νεμέα τ ἔργμασιν νικαφόροις ἐγκώμιον ζεῦξαι μέλος N. 1.7
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3 ἐπιζεύγνυμι
A join at top, Hdt.7.36;τοὺς κίονας τοῖς ἐπι στυλίοις Plu.Per.13
; τοὺς δακτύλους τῆς ἑτέρας χειρὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτέραν ἐ. Arist.Pr. 912b14; simply, bind fast,χεῖρας ἱμᾶσι Theoc.22.3
.2. join to,πώλοις.. τόνδ' ἐπιζεύξασ' ὄχον A.Eu. 405
: metaph., ἐπέζευκται κοινὸν ὄνομά [τινι καί τινι] Arist.HA 531b22, cf. Rh. 1407b19; θνητὸν βίον ἀθανάτῳ ἐ. Ph.1.209; μηδ' ἐπιζευχθῇς στόμα φήμῃ πονηρᾷ nor let thy mouth be joined to evil sayings, A.Ch. 1044: Math., ἐπεζεύχθω ἀπὸ κτλ. let the point A be joined to the point B, Arist.Mete. 376a17.II. enclose, join up, of hills, Plb.1.75.4, 3.49.7.III. ἐπεζευγμένον, τό, minor premise of a disjunctive syllogism, Chrysipp. ap. S.E.P.2.158.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπιζεύγνυμι
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4 ζεῦγος
A yoke of beasts, pair or team of mules, oxen or horses, Il.18.543, IG5(2).3.1 (Arc., iv B.C.), etc.;ζ. ἵππων And. 4.26
.2 carriage drawn by a yoke of beasts, a chariot,ζεύγεϊ κομίζεσθαι Hdt.1.31
; ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐλάσασαι ib. 199;ἐπὶ ζεύγους ἄγειν And. 1.45
;τῷ ζεύγει ὃ ἦγεν τὴν γυναῖκα Hyp.Lyc.5
; wagons, (iv B.C.);βοεικά Th.4.128
; racing-car,= τέθριππον, Id.5.50;ζ. τέθριππον A.Fr. 346
;ἢ συνωρίδι ἢ ζεύγει νενίκηκεν Pl.Ap. 36d
(but = συνωρίς, Plu.2.146d); ζ. μίσθιον a hired chariot, Id.Ant.6; λευκὸν ζ. with white horses, D.21.158.II pair or couple of any things, ἰρήκων, αἰγυπιῶν, Hdt.3.76; πεδέων ib. 130;Ἀτρειδᾶν A. Ag.44
(anap.); , cf. Herod.7.51; (Aug.), etc.;κεράμου IG12.313.23
, al.; [ κεράμων] SIG 245 Gi36 (Delph., iv B.C.);θυρῶν IG12.313.110
;ταὧν Antiph.205
;καλλιπύγων Cerc.14
: abs., married couple,τὸ ζ., ὃ καλεῖται θῆλυ καὶ ἄρρεν X.Oec. 7.18
; τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ζ. Luc.Am.11; κατὰ ζεῦγος in pairs, Plu.2.93d;ἐς ζεύγεα Luc.Syr.D.12
.III incorrectly also of more than two things or persons joined together, ζ. τριπάρθενον three maiden sisters, of the Graces, E.Fr. 357; soζ. τρίδουλον Ar.Fr. 576
; ζ. νεκρῶν, where parents and children are spoken of, E.HF 454.IV = Lat. jugerum, Cod.Just.10.27.2.8. -
5 λύω
λύω, poet. imper.Aλῦθι Pi.Fr.85
: [tense] fut. λύσω [ῡ] Il.1.29, etc.: [tense] aor.ἔλῡσα 18.244
, etc.: [tense] pf.λέλῠκα Th.7.18
, Ar.V. 992 ( ἀπο-), etc.:— [voice] Pass., [tense] pf.λέλῠμαι Il.8.103
, etc.: [tense] plpf. ἐλελύμην [ῠ] Od.22.186, etc.: [tense] aor. ἐλύθην, [dialect] Ep. λύθην [ῠ] 8.360, E.Hel. 860, Th.2.103, etc.: [tense] fut. , Isoc.12.116, etc., also λελύσομαι [ῡ] D.14.2, X. Cyr.6.2.37 ( ἀπο-): [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. λύμην [ῠ] Il.21.80; λύτο [ῠ] ib. 114, butλῦτο 24.1
(at beginning of line, v.l. λύτο);λύντο 7.16
: also [ per.] 3sg. opt. [tense] pf.λελῦτο Od.18.238
:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.λύσομαι Il.1.13
, etc.: [tense] aor.ἐλυσάμην 14.214
: [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. λέλῦμαι in med. sense, D.36.45, Arist.Rh. 1400a22 (cf. δια-, κατα-λύω): [tense] fut. λύσομαι in pass. sense, ( δια-) Th.2.12, ( ἐπι-) Lys.25.33 codd. ( καταλύσεσθαι edd.), ( κατα-) X.Cyr.1.6.9.—Homer uses all tenses exc. [tense] pf. [voice] Act., [tense] pres. and [tense] fut. [voice] Pass. [In [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. [pron. full] ῡ always in [dialect] Att., [pron. full] ῠ mostly in [dialect] Ep., though Hom. has [pron. full] ῡ twice,ἔλῡεν Il.23.513
, λῡει Od.7.74; also in compds.,ἀλλῡεσκεν 2.105
, ἀλλῡουσαν ib. 109: in [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. 1 [pron. full] ῡ always: in other tenses [pron. full] ῠ always, exc. in the forms λελῦτο, λῦτο (v. supr.).] (Cf. Lat. luo (pay), re-luo, solvo (for se-luo), solūtus, etc.):— loosen:I of things, unbind, unfasten, esp. clothes and armour, λῦσε δέ οἱ ζωστῇρα, θώρηκα, Il.4.215, 16.804; λ. παρθενίην ζώνην loose the maiden-girdle, of the husband after marriage, Od. 11.245; of the wife,λύοι χαλινὸν ὑφ' ἥρωϊ παρθενίας Pi.I.8(7).48
; ; soἔλυσας.. ἅγνευμα σόν Id.Tr. 501
; freq. of the tackling of ships, λ. πρυμνήσια, ἱστία, λαῖφος, etc., Od.2.418, 15.496, 552, h.Ap. 406, etc. (never in Il.); λ. πρύμνας, νεῶν πόδα, E.Hec. 539, 1020, etc.: abs., λύειν, of ships, set sail,λῦε, κυβερνήτα APl.1.6
*.9 ([place name] Panteleus); ἀσκὸν λ. untie a skin (used as a bag), Od.10.47: freq. in Trag., λ. στολάς, πέπλον, S.OC 1597, Tr. 924; λ. ἡνίαν slacken the rein, Id.El. 743; κλῄθρων λυθέντων when the gates have been opened, A.Th. 396; λ. γράμματα, δέλτον, open a letter, E.IA38 (anap.), 307; λ. πέδας, δεσμά, A.Eu. 645 ([voice] Pass.), E.HF 1123; ; ἀρτάνας.. δέρης ἔλυσαν loosed it from my neck, ib. 876, cf. E.Hipp. 781:—[voice] Med., ἀπὸ στήθεσφιν ἐλύσατο κεστὸν ἱμάντα undid her belt, Il.14.214; but λύοντο τεύχεα they undid the armour for themselves, i.e. stripped it off (others), 17.318; later λυσαμένα πλοκαμῖδας unbinding her hair, Bion 1.20, etc.b in various phrases, στόμα λ. open the mouth, E.Hipp. 1060, Isoc.12.96;γλώσσας λ. εἰς αἰσχροὺς μύθους Critias 6.9
D.; λ. βλεφάρων ἕδραν wake up, E.Rh.8 (anap.); λ. ὀφρύν unfold the brow, Id.Hipp. 290;λ. ἄχος ἀπ' ὀμμάτων S.Aj. 706
(lyr.), etc.2 of living beings,a of horses, etc., unyoke, unharness, opp. ζεύγνυμι, Od.4.35; ἐξ ὀχέων, ὑπὲξ ὀχέων, Il.5.369,8.504;ὑφ' ἅρμασιν 18.244
;ὑπὸ ζυγοῦ Od.4.39
:ὑπὸ ζυγόφιν Il.24.576
;ὑπ' ἀπήνης Od.7.6
(also in [voice] Med., μὴ.. ὑπ' ὄχεσφι λυώμεθα μώνυχας ἵππους unyoke our horses, Il. 23.7; ); λύε μώνυχας ἵππους loosed them, Il.10.498; λ. κύνα let him loose, X.Cyn.6.13, etc.b of men, release, deliver, esp. from bonds or prison, and so, generally, from difficulty or danger, Il.15.22, Od.8.345, 12.53, D.24.206, etc.; ὁ λύσων he that shall deliver, A.Pr. 771, 785: c. gen. rei,τὸν.. θεοὶ κακότητος ἔλυσαν Od.5.397
, cf. Pi.P.3.50, etc.;λ. τινὰ δεσμῶν A.Pr. 1006
; ;τὼ.. ἐκ δεσμοῖο λύθεν Od.8.360
, cf. Pi.O.4.23, A.Pr. 873, E.Hipp. 1244, Pl.R. 360c; also λ. δόμους ἁβρότατος rob the house of.., Pi.P.11.34; λ. τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς depose him from.., D.S.13.92:—[voice] Med., prop. get one loosed or set free,λύσασθαί τινα δυσφροσυνάων Hes.Th. 528
;ὅσπερ Ἰὼ πημονᾶς ἐλύσατο A.Supp. 1065
(lyr.):—[voice] Pass.,λυθῆναι τὰς πέδας D.S.17.116
; λέλυται γὰρ λαὸς ἐλεύθερα βάζειν, ὡς ἐλύθη ζυγὸν ἀλκᾶς has been let loose to speak, since the yoke was loosed, A.Pers. 592 (lyr.).c of prisoners, release on receipt of ransom, admit to ransom, release, Il.1.29, 24.137, 555, etc.;λ. τινά τινι 1.20
, 24.561, Od.10.298; Σαρπηδόνος ἔντεα καλὰ λύσειαν would give them up, Il.17.163; in full,λ. τινὰ ἀποίνων 11.106
;χρημάτων μεγάλων Hdt.2.135
([voice] Pass.);ἀνὴρ ἀντ' ἀνδρὸς λυθείς Th.5.3
:—[voice] Med., release by payment of ransom, get a person released, redeem, Il.1.13, 24.118, al., Od.10.284, 385, Pl.Mx. 243c, D.19.229;λύσασθαί τινας ἐκ πολεμίων Lys.12.20
;ἵππον X.An.7.8.6
;ὅσους αὐτὸς ἐλυσάμην τῶν αἰχμαλώτων D.19.169
;λ. τινὶ τὸ χωρίον Id.50.28
; ἑαυτοὺς λ. pay their own ransom, Id.19.169; buy from a pimp, Ar.V. 1353.d λελύσθαι τῶν νόμων, = Lat. legibus solvi, D.C.53.18.II resolve a whole into its parts, dissolve, break up, λ. ἀγορήν dissolve the assembly, Il.1.305;ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει Od.2.69
, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,λῦτο δ' ἀγών Il.24.1
;μὴ λυθείη ἡ στρατιά X.Cyr.6.1.2
; πρὶν <ἂν>.. ἡ ἀγορὰ ( market)λυθῇ Id.Oec. 12.1
;λυθείσης τῆς συνουσίας Plb.5.15.3
.2 of concrete objects, σπάρτα λέλυνται, i. e. have rotted, Il.2.135;ῥαφαὶ δ' ἐλέλυντο ἱμάντων Od.22.186
; λ. τὴν σχεδίην break it up, Hdt.4.97; [ τὴν γέφυραν] X. An.2.4.17; τὴν ἀπόφραξιν ib.4.2.25.3 esp. of physical strength, loosen, i. e. weaken, relax, λῦσε δὲ γυῖα made his limbs slack or loose, i. e. killed him, Il.4.469, al.;ὅς τοι γούνατ' ἔλυσα 22.335
; , etc.;ἀλλά οἱ αὖθι λῦσε μένος 16.332
;πέλεκυς λῦσεν.. βοὸς μένος Od.3.450
, cf. Il.17.29; but οἵ μοι καμάτῳ.. γούνατ' ἔλυσαν made my knees weak with toil, Od.20.118:—[voice] Pass., λύντο δὲ γυῖα, etc., as the effect of death, sleep, weariness, fear, Il. 7.16, etc.;καμάτῳ φίλα γυῖα λέλυντο 13.85
, cf. Od.8.233;αὐτοῦ λύτο γούνατα καὶ φίλον ἦτορ Il.21.114
, 425;λύθη ψυχή τε μένος τε 5.296
, etc.;λύθεν δέ οἱ ἅψεα πάντα Od.4.794
, 18.189;λέλυται γυίων ῥώμη A.Pers. 913
(anap.);λύεται δέ μου μέλη E.Hec. 438
;λέλυμαι μελέων σύνδεσμα Id.Hipp. 199
(anap.).b λύει βλέφαρα closes her eyes in sleep, S.Ant. 1302.c metaph.,λ. τὴν ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς πρὸς μάχην παρασκευήν X.HG7.5.22
.4 undo, bring to naught, destroy,πολίων κάρηνα Il.9.25
;Τροίης κρήδεμνα 16.100
, Od.13.388, cf. B.Fr.16.7: generally, put an end to,νείκεα Il.14.205
;μελεδήματα 23.62
;ἔριν E.Ph.81
, AP9.316.12 (Leon.);πόλεμον Th.5.31
;ἐπιμομφάν Pi.O.10(11).9
;μέμψιν Democr.271
; ; φόβον καὶ τὴν ὑποψίαν Polystr.p.7 W., cf. Epicur.Sent.12; ;ἀνάγκας E.Supp.39
; βίον, i.e. die, Id.IT 692; αἰῶν' ἔλυσε, i.e. died, B.1.43;λ. τὸ τέλος βίον S.OC 1720
(lyr.); μαχας Ar. Pax 991 (anap.);νοσήματα Diocl.Fr.35
([voice] Pass.), cf. Gal.6.476;κόπους Dsc.Eup.1.220
; forgive,ἁμαρτήματα LXXJb.42.9
.b in Prose, λ. νόμους repeal or annul laws, Hdt.3.82, D.3.10, Arist.Pol. 1269a15; οὐθὲν τῶν περὶ τὴν πολιτείαν ib. 1298b31;λ. ψήφῳ τὸ παράνομον Aeschin. 3.197
([voice] Pass.), etc.;ἐπεὶ ἐκεῖνοι ἔλυσαν τὰς σπονδὰς λελύσθαι μοι δοκεῖ ἡ ἐκείνων ὕβρις καὶ ἡ ἡμετέρα ὑποψία X.An.3.1.21
; rescind a vote,ψῆφον λύει ὁ νόμος D.24.2
; revoke a will,διαθήκην Is.6.33
, etc. (but in [voice] Pass., to be opened, of a will, POxy.715.19 (ii A. D.), etc.); unbind a spell, Iamb.Myst.3.27:—[voice] Pass., λέλυται πάντα all ties are broken, all is in confusion, D.25.25.c as a technical term, solve a difficulty, a problem, a question,λύεται ἡ ἀπορία Pl.Prt. 324e
, al.;λ. ζήτημα Gal.6.436
.f λ. τὴν φάσιν, of the Moon, pass out of, Vett. Val.134.1, cf. 2.5 break a legal agreement or obligation,τὸν νόμον Hdt.6.106
;τὰς σπονδάς Th.1.23
, 78, cf. 4.23, al.;τὰ συγκείμενα Lys.6.41
; σίς κε τὰς ϝρήτας τάσδε λύση whoso breaks this agreement, Inscr.Cypr.135.29 H.6 in physical sense, dissolve, λύθεν, opp. πάγεν, Emp.15.4; τὸ θερμὸν λύει, opp. πήγνυσι, Arist.Mete. 384b11, cf. 382b33 ([voice] Pass.);ἀμμωνιακὸν ὄξει λύσας Gal.11.106
; melt,παγείσας χιόνας Hdn.8.4.2
;τι πυρὶ λ. Hippiatr.52
.7 of medicines,λ. τὴν κοιλίαν Arist.Pr. 863b29
, cf. Hp.Acut.(Sp.)38, Diocl.Fr.140; so of the effects of terror, Arist.Pr. 877a32 ([voice] Pass.).IV atone for, make up for,τὰς πρότερον ἁμαρτίας Ar.Ra.
691;λύσων ὅσ' ἐξήμαρτον S.Ph. 1224
;λ. φόνον φόνῳ Id.OT 101
, E. Or. 511;αἱ πρόσοδοι λύουσι τἀναλώματα Diph.32.5
:—[voice] Med.,τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων λύσασθ' αἷμα.. δίκαις A.Ch. 804
(lyr.).V μισθὸν λύειν pay wages in full, quit oneself of them, used only in cases of obligation, X.Ages.2.31.2 τέλη λύειν, = λυσιτελεῖν, pay, profit. avail, ἔνθα μὴ τέλη λύει φρονοῦντι where it boots not to be wise, S.OT 316: but more freq. λύει without τέλη, construed like λυσιτελεῖ, abs.,λύει δ' ἄλγος E.Med. 1362
, cf. PSI4.400.16: c. dat. pers., , cf.Hipp. 441: c. inf., πῶς οὖν λύει.. ἐπιβάλλειν; Id.Med. 1112 (anap.); ἐμοί τελύειτοῖσιμέλλουσιν τέκνοις τὰ ζῶντ' ὀνῆσαι it is good for me to benefit my living children by means of those to come, ib. 566; (ii B.C.): c. acc. et inf., λύει γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδέν, οὐδ' ἐπωφελεῖ,.. θανεῖν it is not expedient that we should die ( οὐδ' ἐπωφελεῖ being parenthetic), S.El. 1005;οὐ γάρ με λύει.. κακορροθεῖσθαι E.Sthen.Prol.35
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A yoke or harness again, ἀναζευγνύναι τὸν στρατόν move off the army, Hdt.9.41; ἀ. τὸ στρατόπεδον break up the camp, ib.58; ἀ. πρὸς τὸν Ἰσθμὸν τὰς νῆας withdraw.., Id.8.60. ά.2 abs., break up, shift one's quarters, mostly in part.,ἀνοζεύξας ἤλαυνε Th.8.108
, cf. X.An.3.4.37, Ph.Bel.103.15;ἀ. ἐκ τῆς Ἀραβίας Plu.Pomp.42
; ἀ. διὰ Συρίας march through.., Id.Ant.84; ἐπὶ τὰς πράξεις Chron.Lind.D.43.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀναζεύγνυμι
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7 ζυγός
ζυγός, οῦ, ὁ (Hom. Hymns, Cer. 217 and prose since Pla., Tim. 63b; Polyb., Epict.; PFay 121, 4 εἰς τὸν ζ.; PStras 32, 12; LXX [Thackeray p. 154]; En 103:11; PsSol 7:9 [acc. without art.]; 17:30; TestAbr A 12f [Stone p. 30, 6 al.]; Just., D. 53, 1; Ath., R. 58, 22 [? acc. without art.]) for Attic τὸ ζυγόν (Hom. et al.; pap; Gignac II 97; Jos., Ant. 12, 194; Just., D. 88, 8 [but ζυγούς GThGk A 13, 1: Ea 152]).① a frame used to control working animals or, in the case of humans, to expedite the bearing of burdens, yoke in our lit. only fig. of any burden: ζ. δουλείας yoke of slavery (Soph., Aj. 944; cp. Hdt. 7, 8, γ3; Pla., Leg. 6, 770e; Demosth. 18, 289; Gen 27:40) Gal 5:1. ὑπὸ ζυγὸν δοῦλοι slaves under the yoke (i.e. under the y. of sl.) 1 Ti 6:1. ζυγὸς ἀνάγκης yoke of necessity (Eur., Or. 1330) B 2:6. Of the teaching of Jesus Mt 11:29f (cp. Sir 51:26, also 6:24–28; THaering, Mt 11:28–30: ASchlatter Festschr. 1922, 3–15; TArvedson, D. Mysterium Christi ’37, 174–200; HBetz, JBL 86, ’67, 10–24); D 6:2. ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν τῆς χάριτος ἔρχεσθαι come under the yoke of grace 1 Cl 16:17 (opp. ViDa 7 [p. 77, 12 Sch.] ὑπὸ ζ. γίνονται τοῦ Βελίαρ). ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τ. τράχηλόν τινος put a yoke on the neck of someone Ac 15:10 (sim. expr. have become formal since Hes., Op. 815; Orph. Hymns 59, 5; Zosimus, Hist. 2, 37, 8; SibOr 3, 448). From this mng. it is a short step to application of such a balancing structure to② an instrument for determining weight, scale. The context of Rv 6:5 requires this mng., even though the gender of ζ. cannot be definitely determined. In older Gk. the neuter and apparently preferred form τὸ ζυγόν refers to the ‘lever of a balance’ (Aeschyl., Suppl. 822), then ‘balance, pair of scales’ (Pla. et al.; s. LXX in Thackeray, loc. cit.; Michel 1222, 4 [II B.C.]; but masc. TestAbr A).—B. 726. DELG s.v. ζεύγνυμι III. Frisk s.v. ζυγόν. M-M. TW.
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επιζεύγνυμι — ἐπιζεύγνυμι και επιζευγνύω (Α) 1. συνδέω στην άνω πλευρά («τοὺς κίονας τοῑς ἐπιστυλίοις ἐπέζευξεν», Πλούτ.) 2. δένω σφιχτά 3. δένω (τον ζυγό) 4. συνάπτω 5. περιλαμβάνω, περικλείω 6. (το ουδ. μτχ. παθ. παρακμ. ως ουσ.) τὸ έπεζευγμένον η ελάσσων… … Dictionary of Greek
ζυγός — Συσκευή με την οποία μπορούμε να κρίνουμε την ισορροπία μεταξύ μιας γνωστής δύναμης και μιας άγνωστης για να οδηγηθούμε έτσι από τη γνώση του μεγέθους της μίας στον προσδιορισμό του μεγέθους της άλλης. Με την πιο κοινή έννοια, στον όρο ζ.… … Dictionary of Greek
