ζύγωμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζῠγόω (zugóō, “to yoke or join together”) + -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdý.ɡɔː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɡo.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɣo.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɣo.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzi.ɣo.ma/
Noun
ζῠ́γωμᾰ • (zúgōma) n (genitive ζῠγώμᾰτος); third declension
- bolt, bar
- Synonym of ζῠγόν (zugón).
- (anatomy) cheekbone, zygomatic bone
- (navigation) canal lock
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ζῠ́γωμᾰ tò zúgōma |
τὼ ζῠγώμᾰτε tṑ zugṓmate |
τᾰ̀ ζῠγώμᾰτᾰ tà zugṓmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ζῠγώμᾰτος toû zugṓmatos |
τοῖν ζῠγωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zugōmátoin |
τῶν ζῠγωμᾰ́των tôn zugōmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ζῠγώμᾰτῐ tôi zugṓmati |
τοῖν ζῠγωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zugōmátoin |
τοῖς ζῠγώμᾰσῐ / ζῠγώμᾰσῐν toîs zugṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ζῠ́γωμᾰ tò zúgōma |
τὼ ζῠγώμᾰτε tṑ zugṓmate |
τᾰ̀ ζῠγώμᾰτᾰ tà zugṓmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζῠ́γωμᾰ zúgōma |
ζῠγώμᾰτε zugṓmate |
ζῠγώμᾰτᾰ zugṓmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐπῐζῠ́γωμᾰ (epizúgōma)
Descendants
ζῠ́γωμᾰ
- → English: zygoma
- ⇒ New Latin: zygōmaticus
- → English: zygomaticus
References
- “ζύγωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press