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ζευγίτης

zeugites · ὁ

yoked in pairs

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Where it lives

  • Athenian Constitution 5 · 3.07/10k
  • Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant — LSJ

yoked in pairs, in the same rank, of which were made the mouthpieces of the double flutes

yoked in pairs, ζευγίτιδες ἵπποι Call. Ap. 48; ἡμίονοι ζευγῖται D.S. 17.71; of soldiers, in the same rank, Plu. Pel. 23; κάλαμος ζ. a reed of which were made the mouthpieces of the double flutes (ζεύγη), Thphr. HP 4.11.3.

II their being able to keep a team, of oxen

ζευγῖται, οἱ, the third of Solonʼs four classes of Athenian citizens, so called from their being able to keep a team (ζεῦγος) of oxen, Arist. Pol. 1274a20, Ath. 4.3, Lex ap. D. 43.54, IG 1(2).45.40, etc.

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