ζυγός

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See also: Ζυγός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdy.ɡós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zyˈɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zyˈɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zyˈɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ziˈɣos/

Noun

ζῠγός • (zugós) m (genitive ζῠγοῦ); second declension

Alternative form of ζυγόν (zugón)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ζῠγός; τοῦ ζῠγοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ζῠγός ho zugós	τὼ ζῠγώ tṑ zugṓ	οἱ ζῠγοί hoi zugoí
Genitive	τοῦ ζῠγοῦ toû zugoû	τοῖν ζῠγοῖν toîn zugoîn	τῶν ζῠγῶν tôn zugôn
Dative	τῷ ζῠγῷ tôi zugôi	τοῖν ζῠγοῖν toîn zugoîn	τοῖς ζῠγοῖς toîs zugoîs
Accusative	τὸν ζῠγόν tòn zugón	τὼ ζῠγώ tṑ zugṓ	τοὺς ζῠγούς toùs zugoús
Vocative	ζῠγέ zugé	ζῠγώ zugṓ	ζῠγοί zugoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón), ζυγός (zugós), from Proto-Hellenic *dzugón, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”).

Adjective

ζυγός • (zygós) m (feminine ζυγή, neuter ζυγό)

(mathematics) even
2, 4, 6 … είναι ζυγοί αριθμοί ― 2, 4, 6 … eínai zygoí arithmoí ― 2, 4, 6… are even numbers

μονά ή ζυγά ― moná í zygá ― odds or evens
twin

Declension

Declension of ζυγός

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ζυγός •	ζυγή •	ζυγό •	ζυγοί •	ζυγές •	ζυγά •
genitive	ζυγού •	ζυγής •	ζυγού •	ζυγών •	ζυγών •	ζυγών •
accusative	ζυγό •	ζυγή •	ζυγό •	ζυγούς •	ζυγές •	ζυγά •
vocative	ζυγέ •	ζυγή •	ζυγό •	ζυγοί •	ζυγές •	ζυγά •

Related terms

ζυγά-ζυγά (zygá-zygá, “in pairs, two by two”)

Noun

ζυγός • (zygós) m (plural ζυγοί)

scales, balance
yoke
1. slavery
  κάτω από το ζυγό ― káto apó to zygó ― under the yoke
rank or file (of soldiers)

Declension

Declension of ζυγός

	singular	plural
nominative	ζυγός •	ζυγοί •
genitive	ζυγού •	ζυγών •
accusative	ζυγό •	ζυγούς •
vocative	ζυγέ •	ζυγοί •

Related terms

αζύγιαστος (azýgiastos, “unweighed, uncalculated”)
αζύγιστος (azýgistos, “unweighed; uncalculated”)
κατ' αντιζυγία (kat' antizygía, “in opposing lines”)
αντιζυγία f (antizygía)
βρεφοζυγός m (vrefozygós, “scales for babies”)
διαζύγιο n (diazýgio, “divorce”)
δίζυγο n (dízygo)
εξωσυζυγικός (exosyzygikós)
εφ' ενός ζυγού (ef' enós zygoú, “in a line”)
ζυγαριά f (zygariá, “scales, weighing machine”)
ζύγι n (zýgi, “weight”)
ζυγίζω (zygízo, “to weigh”)
ζύγισμα n (zýgisma, “weighing”)
Ζυγός m (Zygós, “Libra”)
ζυγοσταθμίζω n (zygostathmízo)
ζυγώνω (zygóno)
ζυγώτης m (zygótis)
ισοζύγιο n (isozýgio, “balance”)
κάτω από το ζυγό (káto apó to zygó, “under the yoke”)
μονόζυγο n (monózygo, “couple, pair”)
πολύζυγο n (polýzygo, “coupled, paired”)
συζυγία f (syzygía, “union, conjugation”)
συζυγικός (syzygikós, “married”)
σύζυγος m or f (sýzygos, “spouse”)
τους ζυγούς λύσατε (tous zygoús lýsate, “fall out (military)”)
υποζύγιο (ypozýgio)
and see: ζεύγος n (zévgos, “pair to be joined”)

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