Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄζυγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄζυγος ἄζυγη ἄζυγον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + ζυγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = a)/zuc

Sense

  1. unwedded

Examples

  • θύσω δέ τοι εἴκοσι βοῦσ ἄζυγασ φοινικότριχασ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 8:1)
  • δοιὰ καὶ ἓξ καὶ πέντε κατήγαγεν αὐτίκα δ’ ὀκτὼ ἄζυγασ εἶχεν ὅλασ πρόσθε μεριζομένασ, τάβλην φεύγετε πάντεσ, ἐπεὶ καὶ κοίρανοσ αὐτὸσ κείνησ τὰσ ἀλόγουσ οὐχ ὑπάλυξε τύχασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 482 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. unwedded

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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