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καταζεύγ-νῡμι

katazeugnumi

yoke together

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Where it lives

Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

καταζεύγ-νῡμι · katazeug-nymi — LSJ

yoke together, to be united

yoke together, ἐν ἅρματα κ. σθένος ἵππιον Pi. P. 2.11:—Pass., δύο πλοῖα κατεζευγμένα (v.l. χελώνας -μένας) D.S. 20.85: metaph., to be united, ταῖς πρῶτον οὕτω καταζευγνυμέναις πόλεσιν Pl. Lg. 753e; of marriage, Ael. VH 4.1.

2 to be straitened, confined

in Pass., to be straitened, confined, ὑπʼ ἀναγκαίης κατέζευχθε Hdt. 8.22; ἐν τυμβήρει θαλάμῳ κατεζεύχθη S. Ant. 947.

3 to be made acute

Pass., of a right angle, to be made acute, κἂν μικρῷ τινι μᾶλλον κατεζευγμένη ᾖ ἡ εὐθεῖα γωνία Asp. in EN 19.32.

II fix oneʼs quarters, halt, encamp

intr., fix oneʼs quarters, halt, encamp, ταῖς δυνάμεσι Plb. 3.95.3, cf. Plu. Sull. 25, etc.

In the wild

κατέζευχθε · katezeuchthe Herodotus, Histories 8.22.2 (DIORISIS sentence 8563)
καταζευγνυμέναις · katazeugnymenais Plato, Laws 753
κατεζεύχθη · katezeuchthē Sophocles, Antigone 946

Where it came from

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