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ζεῦγος

zeugos

yoke, team, pair

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  • Job 3 · 2.25/10k
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  • Regnorum IV 2 · 1.16/10k
  • Apology 1 · 1.14/10k

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

What it meant

1. ζεῦγος · zeugos — Beekes

ζεῦγος [n.] ‘yoke, team, pair’ (Il.). 41Ὲ *ieug- ‘yoke, unite’> *DIAL Myc. ze-u-ke-u-si [dat.p].] ‘men who look after the span’. *COMP As a first member e.g. in ζευγο-τρόφος ‘who keeps a pair’ (Att. inscr. IV’, etc.), ζευγ-ηλάτης ‘driver of a span’ (S., X.). DER ζευγίτης, fem. -τις ‘owner of a span’, name of one of the Solonic classes (Arist.), also ‘walking in a span’, etc. (Hell.); thence Cevyiciov ‘tax of the … — [Beekes, s.v. ζεῦγος, p. 545]

2. ζεῦγος · zeugos — Chantraine

11) ζεῦγος n. «couple de bêtes, attelage» de bœufs, mules, chevaux (Hom., etc.) d'où «attelage, chariot » {ion.-att.), enfin groupe de deux animaux ou de deux choses, « paire », rarement dit pour les époux (ion.-att.). En mycénien datif pl. zeukesi « paires», οἵ, ChadwickBaumbach 199; l’idéogramme ZE opposé à MO (μόνος) s'applique à des paires de roues, p.-ê, une fois à des surfaces (?). Quelques composés, notamment … — [Chantraine, s.v. ζεῦγος, p. 412]

3. ζεῦγος · zeugos — Frisk

ζεῦγος n. "Gespann, (zweispänniges) Fuhrwerk, Paar” (seit Il.). Als Vorderglied z.B. in ξευγο-τρόφος “ein Gespann haltend’ (att. Inschr. ΓΝ ὃ u.a.), Zevy-nAdrns "Lenker eines Gespanns’ (S., X. u.2.)! — Ableitungen. ξευγεύς in myk. ze-u-ke-u-si Dat. pl., Bed. unsicher, vgl. ζευγίτης, f. -τις "Besitzer eines Gespanns’, Ben. einer der solonischen Klassen (Arist. u.a.), auch ‘im Gespann gehend’ usw. (hell.); vgl. Redard … — [Frisk, s.v. ζεῦγος, p. 642]

4. ζεῦγος · zeugos — Frisk

ζεῦγος. Myk. Dat. ze-u-ke-si. — Davon das Demin. ξευγάριον (Ar., hell. Pap.). — [Frisk, s.v. ζεῦγος, p. 2224]

5. ζεῦγος · zeugos — LSJ

yoke of beasts, pair, team of mules, oxen, horses

yoke of beasts, pair or team of mules, oxen or horses, Il. 18.543, IG 5(2).3.1 (Arc., iv B.C.), etc.; ζ. ἵππων And. 4.26.

2 carriage drawn by a yoke of beasts, a chariot, wagons, racing-car, chariot, with, horses

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, ζεύγεσι τοὺς λίθους ἄγουσι SIG 124 (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. Symp. 2.146d); ζ. μίσθιον a hired chariot, Id. Ant. 6; λευκὸν ζ. with white horses, D. 21.158.

II pair, couple, married couple, pairs

pair or couple of any things, ἰρήκων, αἰγυπιῶν, Hdt. 3.76; πεδέων ib. 130; Ἀτρειδᾶν A. Ag. 44 (anap.); ἐμβάδων Ar. Eq. 872, cf. Herod. 7.51; ἐνωτίων BGU 1050.9 (Aug.), etc.; κεράμου IG 1(2).313.23, al.; [κεράμων] SIG 245 G i36 (Delph., iv B.C.); θυρῶν IG 1(2).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. Mult. 2.93d; ἐς ζεύγεα Luc. Syr.D. 12.

2 mouthpiece of a double flute

mouthpiece of a double flute, Thphr. HP 4.11.4, 6.

3 suit

ζ. ἱματίων suit of clothes, BGU 814.9 (iii A.D.).

III more than two things, persons joined together

incorrectly also of more than two things or persons joined together, ζ. τριπάρθενον three maiden sisters, of the Graces, E. Fr. 357; so ζ. 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.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ζεῦγος (scan p. 545; entry #2388). Root candidates: *ieug-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ζεῦγος (scan pp. 412-413; entry #2914).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ζεῦγος (scan p. 642; entry #2268). Root candidates: *eugos-.

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