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ζυγόδεσμον

zugodesmon · τό

yoke-band

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  • Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

yoke-band

yoke-band, i.e. a band for fastening the yoke to the pole, ζ. ἅμα ζυγῷ ἐννεάπηχυ Il. 24.270, cf. PFay. 121.5 (i/ii A.D.); of the Gordian knot, Plu. Alex. 18, etc.: pl., ζυγόδεσμα Procl. H. 1.31, AP 9.155 (Agath.), 741, etc.:—also ζῠγό-δεσμος, ὁ, Artem. 2.24, Them. Or. 2.30b.

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