ζεύγνυμι

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 17 December 2021

Etymology

A nu-stem root present from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-. Compare δείκνῡμι (deíknūmi, to show). Cognate with Latin iungō, Sanskrit युनक्ति (yunákti).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ζεύγνῡμῐ • (zeúgnūmi)

  1. (active voice) to yoke, saddle, bridle a beast of burden (horses, cattle, mules); to get ready (a chariot)
    1. (middle voice) to have one's beasts yoked
    2. to fasten tightly
  2. to join or link together
    1. to join in wedlock
    2. (active voice or middle voice) to build a bridge from bank to bank
    3. to furnish ships with crossbenches
    4. to pair gladiators

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • ζεύγνυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ζεύγνυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ζεύγνυμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ζεύγνυμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ζεύγνυμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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