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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) + δεσμός (desmós, “bond, fetter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zdy.ɡó.dez.mon/ → /zyˈɣo.ðez.mon/ → /ziˈɣo.ðez.mon/
Noun
ζῠγόδεσμον • (zugódesmon) n (genitive ζῠγοδέσμου); second declension
- yoke-band, a cord or strap for fastening the yoke to the pole
Inflection
Further reading
- “ζυγόδεσμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζυγόδεσμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ζυγόδεσμον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ζυγόδεσμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ζυγόδεσμον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963