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1 ζεῦγος
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `yoke, team, pair' (Il.).Dialectal forms: Myc. ze-u-ke-u-si dat. pl., `man who looks after the span'Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in ζευγο-τρόφος `who has a pair, yoke' (Att. inscr. IVa a. o.), ζευγ-ηλάτης `driver of a span, pair' (S., X.).Derivatives: ζευγίτης, f. - τις `owner of a span', name of one of the Solonic classes (Arist.), also `going in a span' etc. (hell.); cf. Redard Les noms grecs en - της 28 and 111; from it ζευγίσιον `tax of the ζευγῖται' (Arist.). ζευγίον `door-panel' (hell. inscr.); ζευγίς f. `knot' (pap.). Denomin. verb ζευγίζω `yoke together, unite' (LXX, pap.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [508] *i̯eug- `yoke, unite'Etymology: The plur. ζεύγεα, - γη is formally identical with Lat. iūgera, -um (sec. sg. iūgerum), MHG jiuch `a land measure'. On the meaning cf. NHG Joch, Juchert as land-measure; prop. `so much land as a aspan can turn in one day'. - Beside the s-stem, IE. *i̯éugos- (from where also OLat. pl. iouxmenta \> iūmenta, sg. -um `span'), there is an l-stem in ζεύγ-λη (s. ζεύγνυμι); cf. on ἔταλον. - Further s. ζεύγνυμι and ζυγόν.Page in Frisk: 1,610Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ζεῦγος
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i̯eu-2, i̯eu̯ǝ-, i̯eu̯-g- — i̯eu 2, i̯eu̯ǝ , i̯eu̯ g English meaning: to tie together, yoke Deutsche Übersetzung: “verbinden” Note: probably as 1. i̯eu “vermengen” from “in Bewegung place” evolved; s. also i̯eu dhand i̯eu ni . Material: O.Ind. yáuti,… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary