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ὑποζύγι-ον

upozugion · τό

beast for the yoke, beast of draught

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑποζύγι-ον · hypozygi-on — LSJ

beast for the yoke, beast of draught, burden

beast for the yoke, beast of draught or burden, Thgn. 126, Hdt. 9.39, Pl. Lg. 873e, etc.: pl., Hdt. 1.167, 3.25, 9.24, 39, 41, etc.; ὑποζύγια καλούμενα πάντα ὁμοίως, βοῦς, ἡμιόνους, ἵππους X. Oec. 18.4: as Adj., ὑποζύγιαι ἡμίονοι Ar.Byz. ap. Eust. 1625.41; ὑ. ζῷα PMasp. 2 ii 3 (vi A. D.).

II an ass

later specifically an ass, LXX Za. 9.9, Ev.Matt. 21.5, 2 Ep.Pet. 2.16; ἡμίονοι καὶ ὑποζύγια PCair.Zen. 158, (iii B. C.); βοῦς ἢ ὑ. ἢ πρόβατον PPetr. 3p.56 (iii B. C.); οὖρον οἷον ὑποζυγίου Hp. Aph. 4.70.

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