ζύγαστρον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σίγιστρον (sígistron)
Etymology
From ζυγόω (zugóō, “to yoke, join together”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zý.ɡas.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɡas.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɣas.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɣas.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzi.ɣas.tron/
Noun
ζῠ́γᾰστρον • (zúgastron) n (genitive ζῠγᾰ́στρου); second declension
- chest, box
- (in the plural) fastenings
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ζῠ́γᾰστρον; τοῦ ζῠγᾰ́στρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ζῠ́γᾰστρον tò zúgastron | τὼ ζῠγᾰ́στρω tṑ zugástrō | τᾰ̀ ζῠ́γᾰστρᾰ tà zúgastra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ζῠγᾰ́στρου toû zugástrou | τοῖν ζῠγᾰ́στροιν toîn zugástroin | τῶν ζῠγᾰ́στρων tôn zugástrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ζῠγᾰ́στρῳ tôi zugástrōi | τοῖν ζῠγᾰ́στροιν toîn zugástroin | τοῖς ζῠγᾰ́στροις toîs zugástrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ζῠ́γᾰστρον tò zúgastron | τὼ ζῠγᾰ́στρω tṑ zugástrō | τᾰ̀ ζῠ́γᾰστρᾰ tà zúgastra | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζῠ́γᾰστρον zúgastron | ζῠγᾰ́στρω zugástrō | ζῠ́γᾰστρᾰ zúgastra | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ζυγάστριον (zugástrion)
Further reading
- “ζύγαστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζύγαστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ζύγαστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette