Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζυγός ‎(zugós)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /zyɣón/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zyɣón/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ziɣón/

Noun

ζυγόν • ‎(zugón) n ‎(genitive ζυγοῦ); second declension

1. yoke, for joining animals
2. yoke, burden
3. in general, anything which joins two pieces together: cross-bar, plank, beam
4. the balancing beam of a scale; the scale itself
5. rank (of soldiers)

Usage notes

• Along with ᾠόν ‎(ōión), λουτρόν ‎(loutrón), πτερόν ‎(pterón) and ἑρπετόν ‎(herpetón) this is one of the very few neuter nouns that do not have a recessive accent.

Inflection

Derived terms

• ζυγόω ‎(zugóō)
  • ζυγωτός ‎(zugōtós)

Descendants

• Greek: ζυγός ‎(zygós)

References

• ζυγόν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζυγόν in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζυγόν in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ζυγόν» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ζυγόν» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ζυγόν in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • couple idem, page 178.
  • pair idem, page 589.
  • scale idem, page 736.
  • strap idem, page 823.
  • yoke idem, page 996.