ζεύγλη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ζεῦγλα (zeûgla)
Etymology
From ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to harness”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zěu̯.ɡlɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzew.ɡle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzeβ.ɣli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzev.ɣli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzev.ɣli/
Noun
ζεύγλη • (zeúglē) f (genitive ζεύγλης); first declension
- loop attached to the yoke, through which the beasts's head were put
- crossbar of the double rudder
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ζεύγλη; τῆς ζεύγλης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ζεύγλη hē zeúglē | τὼ ζεύγλᾱ tṑ zeúglā | αἱ ζεῦγλαι hai zeûglai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ζεύγλης tês zeúglēs | τοῖν ζεύγλαιν toîn zeúglain | τῶν ζευγλῶν tôn zeuglôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ζεύγλῃ têi zeúglēi | τοῖν ζεύγλαιν toîn zeúglain | ταῖς ζεύγλαις taîs zeúglais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ζεύγλην tḕn zeúglēn | τὼ ζεύγλᾱ tṑ zeúglā | τᾱ̀ς ζεύγλᾱς tā̀s zeúglās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζεύγλη zeúglē | ζεύγλᾱ zeúglā | ζεῦγλαι zeûglai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ζεύγληθεν (zeúglēthen)
References
- “ζεύγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζεύγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ζεύγλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette