ὑποζύγιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) + -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.po.zý.ɡi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.poˈzy.ɡi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.poˈzy.ʝi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.poˈzy.ʝi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.poˈzi.ʝi.on/
Noun
ὑποζῠ́γῐον • (hupozúgion) n (genitive ὑποζῠγῐ́ου); second declension
- beast of burden, draught animal
- (later specifically) donkey, ass
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ὑποζῠ́γῐον; τοῦ ὑποζῠγῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ὑποζῠ́γῐον tò hupozúgion | τὼ ὑποζῠγῐ́ω tṑ hupozugíō | τᾰ̀ ὑποζῠ́γῐᾰ tà hupozúgia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὑποζῠγῐ́ου toû hupozugíou | τοῖν ὑποζῠγῐ́οιν toîn hupozugíoin | τῶν ὑποζῠγῐ́ων tôn hupozugíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὑποζῠγῐ́ῳ tôi hupozugíōi | τοῖν ὑποζῠγῐ́οιν toîn hupozugíoin | τοῖς ὑποζῠγῐ́οις toîs hupozugíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ὑποζῠ́γῐον tò hupozúgion | τὼ ὑποζῠγῐ́ω tṑ hupozugíō | τᾰ̀ ὑποζῠ́γῐᾰ tà hupozúgia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὑποζῠ́γῐον hupozúgion | ὑποζῠγῐ́ω hupozugíō | ὑποζῠ́γῐᾰ hupozúgia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: υποζύγιο (ypozýgio)
Further reading
- “ὑποζύγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑποζύγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette