- ζεῦγος
- ζεῦγος, εος, τό, ([etym.] ζεύγνυμι)A yoke of beasts, pair or team of mules, oxen or horses, Il.18.543, IG5(2).3.1 (Arc., iv B.C.), etc.;
ζ. ἵππων And. 4.26
.2 carriage drawn by a yoke of beasts, a chariot,ζεύγεϊ κομίζεσθαι Hdt.1.31
; ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐλάσασαι ib.199;ἐπὶ ζεύγους ἄγειν And. 1.45
;τῷ ζεύγει ὃ ἦγεν τὴν γυναῖκα Hyp.Lyc.5
; wagons,ζεύγεσι τοὺς λίθους ἄγουσι SIG124
(iv B.C.);βοεικά Th.4.128
; racing-car,= τέθριππον, Id.5.50;ζ. τέθριππον A.Fr.346
;ἢ συνωρίδι ἢ ζεύγει νενίκηκεν Pl.Ap.36d
(but = συνωρίς, Plu.2.146d); ζ. μίσθιον a hired chariot, Id.Ant.6; λευκὸν ζ. with white horses, D.21.158.II pair or couple of any things, ἰρήκων, αἰγυπιῶν, Hdt.3.76; πεδέων ib.130;Ἀτρειδᾶν A. Ag.44
(anap.);ἐμβάδων Ar.Eq.872
, cf. Herod.7.51;ἐνωτίων BGU 1050.9
(Aug.), etc.;κεράμου IG12.313.23
, al.; [κεράμων] SIG245 Gi36 (Delph., iv B.C.);θυρῶν IG12.313.110
;ταὧν Antiph.205
;καλλιπύγων Cerc.14
: abs., married couple,τὸ ζ., ὃ καλεῖται θῆλυ καὶ ἄρρεν X.Oec. 7.18
; τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ζ. Luc.Am.11; κατὰ ζεῦγος in pairs, Plu.2.93d;ἐς ζεύγεα Luc.Syr.D.12
.2 mouthpiece of a double flute, Thphr.HP 4.11.4,6.3 ζ. ἱματίων suit of clothes, BGU814.9(iii A.D.).III incorrectly also of more than two things or persons joined together, ζ. τριπάρθενον three maiden sisters, of the Graces, E.Fr.357; soζ. τρίδουλον Ar.Fr.576
; ζ. νεκρῶν, where parents and children are spoken of, E.HF454.IV = Lat. jugerum, Cod.Just.10.27.2.8.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.