ζυγόν

ζῠγόν, τό, also [full] ζυγός, ὁ, (in various senses), h.Cer.217, Pl.Ti.63b, Theoc.30.29, LXXGe.27.40, al., Plb.4.82.2, Ev.Matt.11.29, Jul.Or.5.173a, etc.: rarely in pl.,

A

ζυγοί LXXPr.11.1

, Sch.Th.1.29: Delph. [full] δυγός (q.v.).

I yoke of a plough or carriage,

ζ. ἵππειον Il.5.799

, 23.392;

ὑπὸ ζυγὸν ἤγαγεν ἵππους 5.731

, cf. Od.3.383;

ἐπὶ ζυγὸν αὐχένι θεῖναι βουσί Hes.Op.815

, cf. 581; ὑπὸ ζυγόφιν (i.e. ζυγοῦ)

λύον ἵππους Il.24.576

: prov., τὸν αὐτὸν ἕλκειν ζ. 'to be in the same boat', Aristaenet.2.7, Zen.3.43;

ταὔτ' ἐμοὶ ζ. τρίβεις Herod.6.12

.

2 metaph.,

ἐπὶ ζυγὸς αὐχένι κεῖται h.Cer.217

;

ἐχθροῖσιν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν αὐχένα θήσω Thgn.1023

; ἐπαυχένιον λαβεῖν ζ. Pi.P.2.93; δούλιον ζ. the yoke of slavery, Hdt.7.8.γ, A.Th.75 (pl.), 471, etc.; δουλείας, ἀνάγκης ζ., S.Aj.944, E.Or.1330;

ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον δικαίως εἶχον S.Ant.291

; ἐπιτιθέναι τινὶ ζυγὰ τοῦ μὴ . . so as to prevent . . , X.Cyr.3.1.27;

ζυγῷ ζυγῆναι Pl.R.508a

;

ἄγειν ὑπὸ τὸν ζ. τινάς Plb.4.82.2

, cf. D.H.3.22;

ὑπὸ τὸν ζ. ὑπαγαγεῖν D.C.Fr.36.10

;

ζυγὸν ὑποστῆναι D.H.10.20

.

II crossbar of the φόρμιγξ, Il.9.187.

2

ζυγὸς ἡ τῆς ἀμπέλου πρὸς τὴν χάρακα συζυγία Gp.5.29.6

.

III in pl., thwarts or benches joining the opposite sides of a ship, Od.9.99, 13.21, Hdt.2.96: rarely in sg.,

θοὸν εἰρεσίας ζυγόν S.Aj.249

(lyr.): metaph., of the seat of authority compared to the helmsman's seat,

ἐς τὸ πρῶτον πόλεος ζ. E.Ion595

;

ἐπεὶ δ' ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς καθέζετ' ἀρχῆς Id.Ph.74

; σὺ ταῦτα φωνεῖς νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, κρατούντων τῶν ἐπὶ ζυγῷ δορός; while on the main thwart sits authority, A.Ag.1618; also of a coachman's seat, box, PMasp.303.15 (vi A.D.).

2 in pl., panels of a door, IG12.372.199,22.1457.14,1672.155; cf. ζευγίον.

IV beam of the balance,

ζυγὸν ταλάντου A.Supp.822

(lyr.), cf. Arist.Mech.850a4: hence, the balance itself (cf. πῆχυς IV),

αἴρειν τὸν ζυγόν Pl.Ti.63b

; ἐν πλάστιγγι

ζυγοῦ κεῖσθαι Id.R.55o

e; ζυγῷ or ἐν τῷ ζ. ἱστάναι, Lys.10.18, Pl. Prt.356b;

ζυγὸν ἱστάναι D.Prooem.55

: in pl., Id.25.46, SIG975.39 (Delos, iii B.C.): prov.,

ζ. μὴ ὑπερβαίνειν Pythag.

ap. D.L.8.18.

b the constellation Libra, Hipparch.3.1.5, Ph.1.28, Man.2.137, etc.;

ζ. Ἀφροδίτης Porph.Antr.22

.

V καρχασίου the yard-arm at the mast head, Pi.N.5.51, cf. Ach.Tat.5.16.

VI cross-strap of a sandal, Ar.Lys.417, Poll.7.81; ζυγός, ὁ, Phot.

VII pair, κλεινὸν ζυγόν, of persons, E.Hel.392; κατὰ ζυγά in pairs, Arist.HA544a5, Theoc.13.32.

VIII rank or line of soldiers, opp. file ([etym.] στοῖχος)

, ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ζ. ἐμάχοντο τέσσαρες Th.5.68

;

ὁ ζυγός Polyaen.4.4.3

(

τὰ ζυγά 2.10.4

); κατὰ ζυγόν line with line, Plb.1.45.9;

κατ' ἄνδρα καὶ ζ. Id.3.81.2

; esp. front rank, Ael.Tact.7.1, Arr.Tact.8.1; also of the Chorus, Poll.4.108.

IX ζυγὰ ἢ ἄζυγα even or odd, a game, Sch.Ar.Pl.817.

X measure of land, SIG963.13 (Amorgos, iv B.C.).